The Hakaru River is a river in the Northland Region of

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. It starts in the

Brynderwyn Hills The Brynderwyn Range or Brynderwyn Hills is a ridge extending east–west across the Northland Peninsula in northern New Zealand some 60 kilometres south of Whangārei, from the southern end of Bream Bay in the east to the Otamatea River (an arm ...

and flows south to join the Topuni River exiting in the

Oruawharo River The Oruawharo River is a river on the North Auckland Peninsula of New Zealand. It flows westward into the Kaipara Harbour west of Wellsford. It forms part of the boundary between the Northland region and the Auckland Region. The New Zealand Min ...

, which forms part of the Kaipara Harbour. The name literally means "to shake" in the

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. Traditionally it was known as Te Hakoru to

Te Tai Tokerau Māori Te Tai Tokerau Māori are a group of Māori ''iwi'' (tribes) based on the Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It includes the far northern Muriwhenua ''iwi'' (tribes) of Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Kurī, Te Pātū, Te Rarawa a ...

, but was transcribed as Hakaru on an 1870 map.

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Land Information New Zealand
- Search for Place Names Kaipara District Rivers of the Northland Region Rivers of New Zealand Kaipara Harbour catchment {{Northland-river-stub

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