The Grantham River is a river in the

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region of

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. It arises in the

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near Mount Miromiro, in the

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, and flows south-east into the

Waiau Uwha River Waiau Uwha River, previously known as the Waiau River, is a river in north Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. The Waiau Uwha River rises in the Spenser Mountains and flows eastward to the Pacific Ocean. The Waiau Uwha River has th ...

, which has its mouth on the

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. A thermal spring on the river is undeveloped.

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