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Whangaparāoa River

Coordinates: 37°34′S 177°59′E / 37.567°S 177.983°E / -37.567; 177.983
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Whangaparāoa River
Map
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationRaukumara Range
Mouth 
 • location
Whangaparāoa Bay, Bay of Plenty
Length24 km (15 mi)

The Whangaparāoa River is a river in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. Its headwaters are in the Raukumara Range and the Gisborne District, from where it flows northwest to reach the sea at Whangaparāoa Bay, an indentation in the far east of the Bay of Plenty, 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Cape Runaway.

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References

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"Place name detail: Whangaparāoa River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

37°34′S 177°59′E / 37.567°S 177.983°E / -37.567; 177.983