Waikākaho River - Misplaced Pages

River in New Zealand

The Waikākaho River is a river of the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows south from its sources southeast of Havelock to reach the Wairau River 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Tuamarina.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "waters of the flowering plumes of the toetoe" for Waikākaho.

References

"Place name detail: Waikākaho River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
"1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.

v t e Wairau River
Source: Mount Dora (Spenser Mountains)—Flows into: Cloudy Bay (Pacific Ocean)
Administrative areas	Tasman Region Marlborough Region
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Hillersden Wyeburn Wairau Valley Renwick Tuamarina Spring Creek Wairau Pa Grovetown Blenheim
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Judges Creek Coldwater Creek Rainbow River Lees Creek Hamilton River Six Mile Creek Goulter River Wye River Top Valley Stream Marchburn River Waihopai River Ohinemahuta River Waikākaho River Tuamarina River Ōpaoa River
Other features (upstream to downstream)	Wairau Gorge Wairau Hydro Scheme Wairau Plain Wairau Diversion Wairau Delta Island Grovetown Lagoon Wairau Bar Big Lagoon
Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha / Mata-Au 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitīkei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Ōreti 11: Rangitaiki 12: Manawatū

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