Waitawheta River
The Waitawheta River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows from a point south-east of Mount Te Aroha in the Kaimai Range to the Karangahake Gorge at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula to reach the Ohinemuri River at Karangahake, five kilometres east of Paeroa.Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waitawheta Stream”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karangahake Gorge and Owharoa Falls.
Karangahake Gorge
Valley
Photo: QFSE Media, CC BY 3.0 nz.
The Karangahake Gorge lies between the Coromandel and Kaimai ranges, at the southern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. A sharply winding canyon, it was formed by the Ohinemuri River.
Owharoa Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Hiscoca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Owharoa Falls is a staircase waterfall in Waikato, New Zealand, located off Waitawheta Road in Karangahake Gorge, near State Highway 2, between Paeroa and Waihi, and close to the small settlement of Waikino. Owharoa Falls is situated 3 km east of Waitawheta River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karangahake and Mackaytown.
Karangahake
Village
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Karangahake is a locality in the Hauraki District of New Zealand. In Māori, Karangahake translates as a "humpbacked ridge or a call from the other side".
Mackaytown
Hamlet
Mackaytown is a settlement in the Hauraki District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located at the north-western end of the Karangahake Gorge just south of Paeroa. Mackaytown is situated 3 km northwest of Waitawheta River.
Waikino
Village
Waikino is a small settlement at the eastern end of a gorge in the North Island of New Zealand alongside the Ohinemuri River, between Waihi and the Karangahake Gorge. Waikino is situated 4½ km northeast of Waitawheta River.
Waitawheta River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Waitawheta River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waitawheta River”
- Cebuano: “Waitawheta Stream”
- French: “Waitawheta”
- Welsh: “Afon Waitawheta”
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Localities in the Area
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