List Of Rivers Of Wellington Region

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Wellington Region Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region (Māori: ''Te Upoko o te Ika''), is a non-unitary region of New Zealand that occupies the southernmost part of the North Island. The region covers an area of , and has a population of T ...

. The list is arranged in arranged by the location of the river mouth clockwise around the bottom of the North Island. Tributaries are indented under their downstream parent's name and arranged by nearest to the source. * Mataikona River ** Pakowhai River * Whareama River ** Tinui River * Kaiwhata River * Pahaoa River ** Wainuioru River *** Whakatahine River * Rerewhakaaitu River * Oterei River * Awhea River * Opouawe River **

Cape River The Cape River is a river of New Zealand. A tributary of the Opouawe River, it is located in the Wairarapa in the southern North Island. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. ...

** Castle River * Whawanui River * Ruamahanga River ** Kopuaranga River ** Waipoua River **

Whangaehu River The Whangaehu River is a large river in central North Island of New Zealand. Its headwaters are the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, and it flows into the Tasman Sea eight kilometres southeast of Whanganui. Water is diverted ...

** Waingawa River ** Tauweru River **

Waiohine River The Waiohine River is a river of the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. At first it flows generally south from its origins in the Tararua Range west of Otaki. It turns south-east once it reaches the plain where it passes ...

*** Park River *** Hector River *** Mangatarere Stream ** Huangarua River *** Mākara River *** Ruakokoputuna River ** Dry River (New Zealand) ** Tauherenikau River *** Waiorongomai River (Wellington) ** Turanganui River (Wellington) * Wharepapa River *

Ōrongorongo River The Ōrongorongo River runs for southwest through the Ōrongorongo Valley in the southern Remutaka Ranges of the North Island of New Zealand. The river and its associated catchments lie within the bounds of the Remutaka Forest Park, which is a ...

Wainuiomata River The Wainuiomata River runs southwest through the Wainuiomata Valley located in the southern Remutaka Range in the North Island, New Zealand. Origin of name The word ''Wainui-o-Mata'' is a Māori name made up of the elements ''wai'' (water), ...

* Waiwhetū Stream * Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River **

Eastern Hutt River The Eastern Hutt River is a river of New Zealand. It flows southwest from the Tararua Range to join with the Western Hutt River and become the Hutt River, a major river of the southern North Island. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand Thi ...

Western Hutt River The Western Hutt River is a river of New Zealand. It flows generally southwards from the Tararua Range to join with the Eastern Hutt River and become the Hutt River, a major river of the southern North Island. See also *List of rivers of New Z ...

** Pākuratahi River **

Mangaroa River The Mangaroa River is a river of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows north from the western foothills of the Remutaka Range to the west of Lower Hutt, meeting with the Hutt River on the northern outskirts of Upper Hu ...

** Akatarawa River *** Little Akatarawa River ** Whakatīkei River * Kaiwharawhara Stream ** Korimako Stream *

Wharemauku Stream The Wharemauku Stream is a stream on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Its headwaters are in the Maungakotukutuku valley, and it flows through Paraparaumu and Raumati Beach before reaching the Tasman Sea on the northern side of Raumat ...

Waikanae River Waikanae River is located on the Kapiti Coast in the North Island of New Zealand. The river drains the western flanks of the Tararua Ranges around Reikorangi and the Akatarawa Valley, then passes to the south of the town of Waikanae to the ...

** Ngatiawa River ** Rangiora River ** Reikorangi Stream ** Maungakotukutuku Stream, *

Ōtaki River The Ōtaki River is in the southwestern North Island of New Zealand. It originates in the Tararua Range and flows for , heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Ōtaki Forks, where it is join ...

** Waitewaewae River **

Waiotauru River The Waiotauru River is a river of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally north from two branches, the Southern Waiotauru River and the Eastern Waiotauru (or Snowy) River. Both of these branches have their origins i ...

*** Eastern Waiotauru River *** Southern Waiotauru River *

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...