The Otahu River is a river of the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato Region of

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. It flows generally northeast from several streams with watersheds in the

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, most notably the Wharekirauponga Stream. The Otahu reaches the sea immediately to the south of the town of Whangamatā. The New Zealand

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gives a translation of "place of Tahu personal name for ''Ōtahu''.

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Thames-Coromandel District Rivers of Waikato Rivers of New Zealand {{Waikato-river-stub

See also

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