Waiheke River
Waiheke River (right) joins the Tūtaekurī River (bottom) to form the Ahauri River (left)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Barron
 • elevation1,806 m (5,925 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Ahaura River
 • elevation
270 m (890 ft)
Length22 km (14 mi)

The Waiheke River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows west from its origins on Mount Barron in the Southern Alps to reach the Ahaura River,[1] which it forms where it joins the Tūtaekurī River, 20 kilometres northwest of Lake Sumner.

The Waiheke River flows down a long, low valley and is predominantly a shingle bed river flowing through beech forest with a margin of tussock grass along the banks. It can be kayaked, except during summer droughts.[2]

A pack-track to Canterbury used to go through Amuri Pass into the Doubtful River Valley.[2] It was improved by John Rochfort in 1863.[3] A route over the 993 m (3,258 ft) Amuri Pass remains in use.[4][5] Slaty Creek Hut has 4 beds, was built in 1952 by deer cullers and is now used by recreational hunters, trampers and climbers.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Waiheke River". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 G. D. and J. H. Egarr (1981). "Recreational River Survey" (PDF). NIWA. ISSN 0110-4705.
  3. ↑ "Correspondence. NELSON EXAMINER AND NEW ZEALAND CHRONICLE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 30 May 1863. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Amuri Pass, West Coast". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Doubtful valley track & routes". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Slaty Creek Hut". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

"Place name detail: Waiheke River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

42°33′S 171°58′E / 42.550°S 171.967°E / -42.550; 171.967


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