The Glenroy River is a tributary of the
Matakitaki River in the north of the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. It is widely known as a short class 4 river (
River difficulty classification system for rafting).
Rivers of the Tasman District
Rivers of New Zealand
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