Wakapuaka River
| Wakapuaka River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Delaware Bay |
| Length | 15 km (9 mi) |
The Wakapuaka River is a river of the Nelson Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally north from its origins in the north of the Bryant Range 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Nelson city centre to reach Delaware Bay, an indentation in the northeast coast of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere.
The main tributaries of the Wakapuaka River are the Lud River and Teal River.
Fishing
The Wakapuaka River is a popular fishing setting. Due to heavy fishing, visitors are limited to only two bags of fish per trip. Fishing season is from 1 October to 30 April.[1] Twelve species of freshwater fish inhabit the area. These are the longfin eel, shortfin eel, common bully, redfin bully, giant bully, upland bully, inanga (also known as common galaxias), koaro (also known as climbing galaxias), brown trout, torrentfish, cockabully, and freshwater crayfish.[2]
See also
References
"Place name detail: Wakapuaka River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ^ "Wakapuaka River". nzfishing.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Olley, R.; Kroos, T. (December 2014). "A summary of the distribution and spawning of freshwater fish within the waterways administered by the Nelson City Council" (PDF). Nelson Public Libraries. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
Further reading
- Action on the ground: Landcare Groups in action throughout New Zealand., Christchurch, [N.Z.]: NZ Landcare Trust, 2003
- Davies, William C. (1931), Ecology of Nelson Haven, its mud-flats, and the Wakapuaka reclamation, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer
- Heaton, Chris P.; Morrison, Robert D.; Franko, Gail D. (1988), Vegetation map of the intertidal zone, Delaware Inlet, South Island, New Zealand 1:3 750 [cartographic material], Wellington, [N.Z.]: Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Sheridan, Ann (2007), The Wakapuaka River ... story of the river running through our lives, Nelson, [N.Z.]: Wakapuaka Rivercare Group
The district
- Te Tau Ihu o te Waka a Māui: report on Northern South Island claims., Wellington, [N.Z.]: Legislation Direct, 2008
- Dixon, Mary (1987), Service before self: a history of the Wakapuaka Branch of the Women's Division of Federated Farmers, 1927–1987, Wakapuaka, [N.Z.]: The Branch
- Evans, Rex D.; Rayner, Georgina (1993), William and Sophia Rayner of Wakapuaka, Auckland, [N.Z.]: Evagean Publications
- Wastney, Natalie L. (1997), St Andrews churchyard cemetery, Wakapuaka, Nelson, [N.Z.]: N.L. Wastney
- Wastney, Natalie L. (1999), Names on the new land: Wakapuaka – north of Nelson, Nelson, [N.Z.]: N.L. Wastney
- Wastney, Natalie L. (2002), A.S. Collins/Collyns of Hillwood and Collins Valley, Nelson, [N.Z.]: N.L. Wastney
- Wastney, Philip Verdun; Wastney, Natalie L. (1977), Early tide to Wakapuaka: the district and its pioneers, Nelson, [N.Z.]: Nelson Historical Society
- Wastney, Philip Verdun; Wastney, Natalie L. (1982), Roads of yesterday: Whangamoa, Wakapuaka and Maungatapu, Nelson, [N.Z.]: P. V. & N. L. Wastney
- Wastney, Philip Verdun; Wastney, Natalie L. (2008), Early tide to Wakapuaka: the district and its pioneers, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Cadesonbury
41°11′S 173°25′E / 41.183°S 173.417°E