The Pākuratahi River, previously the Pakuratahi River, is a river of the

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of New Zealand's

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. It flows northwest from its source in the

Remutaka Range The Remutaka Range (also spelt Rimutaka Range) is the southernmost range of a mountain chain in the lower North Island of New Zealand. The chain continues north into the Tararua Range, Tararua, then Ruahine Range, Ruahine Ranges, running para ...

east of

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to join the Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River near Kaitoke. In December 2019, the approved official geographic name of the river was gazetted as "Pākuratahi River". The river formed part of a trail used by

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linking Wellington Harbour and the

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over the

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Rivers of the Wellington Region Pākuratahi Forest {{Wellington-river-stub

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