Poerua River is a river in the
Grey District
Grey District is a district in the West Coast Region of New Zealand that covers Greymouth, Runanga, Blackball, Cobden, and settlements along the Grey River. It has a land area of . The seat of the Grey District Council, the local government au ...
in the
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region of New Zealand's
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
. It flows around the base of
Mount Te Kinga from
Lake Poerua into the
Crooked River, which leads to
Lake Brunner
Lake Brunner ( mi, KÅtuku Moana or ) is the largest lake in the West Coast Region of New Zealand, located southeast of Greymouth. The main settlement, Moana, New Zealand, Moana, is on its northern shore. It is an important settlement and ways ...
.
Grey District
Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand
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