The Maungakōtukutuku Stream is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

on the

Kapiti Coast The Kapiti Coast District is a local government district of the Wellington Region in the lower North Island of New Zealand, 50 km north of Wellington City. The district is named after Kapiti Island, a prominent island offshore. The pop ...

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North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...

. Its headwaters are in the

Maungakotukutuku Maungakotukutuku is a rural locality on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland, behind Paraparaumu and Raumati. The Maungakōtukutuku Stream and Wharemauku Stream both have their headwaters in the Maungakotukutuku ...

area and it is a tributary of the

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 nor ...

. Consideration has been given to damming the stream in order to increase the Kapiti Coast's water supply.

References

Proposed Dam Site, Kapiti Coast District: Prefeasibility Fault Hazard Assessment (PDF file)
Rivers of the Wellington Region Rivers of New Zealand {{Wellington-river-stub