Kerikeri River (Waikato)
The Kerikeri River is a short river of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows into the northern shore of Raglan Harbour.
| Kerikeri River | |
|---|---|
 Rapids beside Ruakiwi Rd | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 170 metres (560 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Raglan Harbour |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
The valley is largely along the line of the fault on the eastern edge of Whaingaroa Harbour. It flows over Coleman Conglomerate and, at its lower end, blue-grey Puti Siltstone, both of Puaroan age (about 150 million years ago).[1]
From about 1870 Sam and Tom Wilson ran a flax mill powered by a wheel in the river.[2] Much of the native bush was cleared for farming between 1910 and 1920.[3]
See also
References
- Geology of the Raglan-Kawhia Area: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences (N.Z.), Barry Clayton Waterhouse, P. J. White 1994 ISBN 0-478-08837-X
- page 63 Te Uku: R T Vernon 1975
- Off the Sheep's back: Bill Richards 1986
External links
- 1:50,000 map at NZ Topomaps
- 1955 Waingaro Landing aerial photo - the foreground shows part of the Kerikeri River arm of the harbour, which is over 3km long. The Waingaro River joins the estuary in the middle left of the photo.
- 2012 Estuarine Vegetation Survey - page 15 describes the wildlife in the Kerikeri River arm of the harbour.
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