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Ōpārau River

Coordinates: 38°03′S 174°55′E / 38.050°S 174.917°E / -38.050; 174.917
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Oparau River
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Kawhia Harbour
Length17 km (11 mi)
Junction of Okupata and Oparau Rivers, Kawhia

The Oparau River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southwest from its sources in the Pirongia Forest Park and flows into the Kawhia Harbour 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Kawhia.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives translations of "place of many fortified villages" or "place of falsehood" for Ōparau.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.

"Place name detail: Oparau River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

38°03′S 174°55′E / 38.050°S 174.917°E / -38.050; 174.917


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