The Kekerengu River (often spelt Kekerangu)
is a river 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 ...
's northeastern
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 ...
. It flows mainly through the area of rough hill country immediately to the north of the end of the
Seaward Kaikōura Range
Seaward may refer to:
People:
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*John Seaward (1786–1858), British civil engineer and mechanical engineer
* Kevin Seaward (born 1983), Northern Iri ...
, reaching the Pacific Ocean at
Kekerengu, a small settlement halfway between the township of
Ward and the mouth of the
Waiau Toa / Clarence River.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
1947 aerial photo of estuary, bridges and settlement
Rivers of New Zealand
Rivers of the Canterbury Region
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