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Waiau River
Route of the Waiau River
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Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of the Wairoa Stream and Parahaki Stream
• coordinates	38°44′26″S 176°51′09″E / 38.7405°S 176.8526°E / -38.7405; 176.8526
Mouth
• location	Wairoa River
• coordinates	38°57′58″S 177°23′48″E / 38.96607°S 177.39665°E / -38.96607; 177.39665
Basin features
Progression	Waiau River → Wairoa River → Hawke Bay → Pacific Ocean
Tributaries
• left	Te Waiotukapiti Stream, Manganuiohou River, Mangatoatoa Stream, Matuku Stream, Mangatoto Stream, Mangaone Stream, Waihi Stream, Mangapouri Stream, Raeuhoi Stream, Mangamauka Stream, Te Iringaowhare Stream, Waikaretāheke River
• right	Mangangarara Stream, Mangakahika Stream, Tatua Stream, Mangakahakaha Stream, Mangahopai Stream, Pukematai Stream, Pakihiwi Stream, Mangapirita Stream, Mangarangiora Stream, Owhio Stream, Mangawhero Stream, Tutaekuri River

Hawke's Bay's Waiau River is one of at least four rivers of this name in New Zealand. It rises in the Kaingaroa Forest to the west of Lake Waikaremoana, and flows southeast for 60 kilometres before joining the Wairoa River.

References

1. "Place name detail: Waiau River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

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