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The Huriwai River is a river of about 9 km (5.6 mi) in New Zealand's North Island. It rises in rough hill country to the southeast of Port Waikato, flowing west to reach the Tasman Sea 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the mouth of the Waikato River. The main tributary is the Mangapai Stream.

The river has a waterfall in its upper reach, at the boundary of sandstone and conglomerate rocks. Just north of the river's estuary, the Jurassic rocks have been described by the Geological Society as containing, "amazing fossil leaves and ferns".

At the point where the river is crossed by Waikaretu Road, its water quality is in the lower 50% for macroinvertebrates.

See also

• List of rivers of New Zealand

References

1. "Huriwai River, Waikato". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
2. Challinor, A. B. (2001). "Stratigraphy of Tithonian (Ohauan‐Puaroan ) marine beds near Port Waikato". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 44 (2): 219–242. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.540.1575. doi:10.1080/00288306.2001.9514936. ISSN 0028-8306. S2CID 54820190.
3. "APPENDIX 3. DETAILS ON EXISTING AND PROPOSED NON-VOLCANIC GEOHERITAGE ONFs" (PDF). Waikato District Council. 2018. pp. 9–10.
4. "Huriwai Stream at Waikaretu Road MCI River Quality". Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA). 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

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

External links

• Google street view of river at Waikaretu Road

37°27′S 174°42′E / 37.450°S 174.700°E / -37.450; 174.700

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