Ōruawharo River
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The Oruawharo River is a river on the North Auckland Peninsula of New Zealand. It flows westward into the Kaipara Harbour west of Wellsford. It forms part of the boundary between the Northland region and the Auckland Region.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives translations of "place of [a] stretched-out pit" or "place of Ruawharo [a personal name]" for Ōruawharo.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
- "Place name detail: Oruawharo River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
External links
- Photographs of Oruawharo River held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
36°18′S 174°17′E / 36.300°S 174.283°E