The Opouawe River is a river of the
Wairarapa, in the
Wellington Region of
New Zealand
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's
North Island
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. One of the North Island's southernmost rivers, it flows generally south to reach
Cook Strait close to Te Kaukau Point, northeast of
Cape Palliser
Cape Palliser is a promontory on the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island and is the southernmost point of the North Island; it is in fact considerably farther south than Nelson or Blenheim in the South Island.
It is located at the easte ...
See also
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List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Wellington Region
Rivers of New Zealand
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