The Okana River, formerly called the Ohiriri River, is a river on Banks Peninsula in the

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...

region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows southwest past the settlement of

Little River Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

where it meets the

Okuti River The Okuti River is a river of Banks Peninsula, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows west to meet the Okana River. The combined waters form the Takiritawai River, a short stream which flows into the eastern end of Lak ...

, the two rivers forming the short

Takiritawai River The Takiritawai River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. A short river of approximately , it flows from the confluence of the Okana and Okuti Rivers to feed the top of Lake Forsyth, at the southwest of Banks Pen ...

which flows into the northern end of

Lake Forsyth Lake Forsyth (known to Māori as Te Roto o Wairewa) is a lake on the south-western side of Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, near the eastern end of the much larger Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora. State Highway 75 to Akaro ...

. On 19 October 2011, the Okana River caused the worst flooding in Little River for many years, with State Highway 75 closed. Long-term residents believe that the flooding was the worst since the ''Wahine'' storm on 10 April 1968.

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A directory of wetlands in New Zealand
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