Waita River

Waita River
Waita River
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Mataketake Range
Mouth
• location	Tasman Sea
Length	17 km (11 mi)

The Waita River is in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally west to reach the Tasman Sea 10 kilometres northeast of the mouth of the Haast River.^[1] The river has its source on the western flanks of the Mataketake Range and passes through dense native forest which opens up into farm land before passing under the State Highway 6. The Maori River is one of the tributaries of the Waita.

There are a number of baches next to the river after the point where it is crossed by the State Highway. About seven permanent residents live in them, some of which date back to the 1900s and have historic value. The Department of Conservation, which administers the land on which the baches lie, wanted to have the baches removed by 2025 as part of a draft Conservation Management Strategy (CMS). This was on the basis of a policy to avoid private accommodation on public land. The final version of the CMS allowed the baches to stay, but they must be made available to the public where possible.^[2]

The settlement at Waita River is also home to a commercial whitebait business. It began in 1970 as a whitebait buying and packing business in a collection of caravans, and added a house and warehouse with packing operation and walk-in freezers, and now sells wholesale whitebait and serves whitebait patties to tourists.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Place name detail: Waita River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
^ Glass, Amy (21 June 2010). "Bach owners win fight with DOC". The Press. p. A4.
^ Cook, Marjorie (2009-01-24). "Wrench to leave after river has ruled her life". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
^ Evans, Shellie (2016-07-01). "Two Go Tiki Touring: Curly Tree & Ship Creek Treats". Two Go Tiki Touring. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

43°47′S 169°07′E / 43.783°S 169.117°E / -43.783; 169.117

[1] "Place name detail: Waita River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

[2] Glass, Amy (21 June 2010). "Bach owners win fight with DOC". The Press. p. A4.

[3] Cook, Marjorie (2009-01-24). "Wrench to leave after river has ruled her life". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

[4] Evans, Shellie (2016-07-01). "Two Go Tiki Touring: Curly Tree & Ship Creek Treats". Two Go Tiki Touring. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

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v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

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