The Waimea River is located in the north of the
South Island of New Zealand. It is formed from the confluence of the
Wairoa River and the
Wai-iti River, which meet near
Brightwater
Brightwater (Māori: ''Wairoa'') is a town southwest of Nelson in Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It stands on the banks of the Wairoa River. Brightwater was first named Spring Grove. Alfred Saunders, the owner of a local ...
. The combined waters flow into
Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere
Tasman Bay (; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as Blind Bay, is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches along ...
near
Appleby, opposite
Rabbit Island.
References
Rivers of the Tasman District
Rivers of New Zealand
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