The Hangaroa River is a river in the
Gisborne Region of
New Zealand. Its source is the
Huiarau Ranges in the
Te Urewera National Park, and flows southeast to merge with the
Ruakituri River
The Ruakituri River is a river of the Gisborne and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. It initially flows northeast from its sources north of Lake Waikareiti. Within its course are the 72 m high Waitangi Falls. Afterwards it turns ...
near
Te Reinga
Ruakituri is a rural area in the northern Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island, located north of Wairoa and west of Gisborne. The 2013 New Zealand census recorded 708 people living in the Ruakituri-Morere area.
The community i ...
. The combined rivers form the
Wairoa River, which flows south into
Hawke Bay.
Fauna
Rainbow trout
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
populate the upper reaches. The upper river has a rock and stone bed, and flows through native bush with pools and short stretches of rapids. The lower river flows through farmland and contains
brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Land Information New Zealand- Search for Place Names
Rivers of the Gisborne District
Rivers of New Zealand
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