The Owahanga River is a river in the
Tararua District
The Tararua District is a district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.65 km². The Tararua District Council was created ...
, in the
Manawatū-Whanganui Region of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
's
North Island. Its tortuous course winds generally southeast through rough hill country, reaching the sea southwest of
Cape Turnagain.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of burden" for ''Ōwahanga''.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand.
A
* Aan River
* Acheron River (Canterbury)
* Acheron River (Marlborough)
* Ada River
* Adams River
* Ahaura River
* Ahuriri River
* Ahuroa River
* Akatarawa River
* Ākitio R ...
References
Rivers of Manawatū-Whanganui
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