Brook Stream (New Zealand)

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Brook Stream, or Waimarama, [1] is a major tributary of the Maitai / Mahitahi River in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand.

Maitai River river in New Zealand

The Maitai / Mahitahi River is an awa (river) of the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It flows westwards through hill country west of the Bryant Range before passing through the city of Nelson, reaching Tasman Bay at Nelson Haven. Major tributaries of the Maitai River include The Brook, Te Wairepo / York Stream and Sharland Creek.

Nelson, New Zealand City in Nelson City, New Zealand

Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay. Nelson is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in New Zealand – it was established in 1841 and was proclaimed a city by royal charter in 1858.

Nelson's first water scheme was on Brook Stream, with a weir and pipeline constructed in 1867 in what is now the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary. Demand began to exceed supply, and a second weir was constructed to create the Top Dam in 1909. By the 1930s it was insufficient for Nelson’s growing population. The Roding River waterworks scheme was completed in 1941 and an intake on the Maitai Mahitahi South Branch completed in 1963. The Brook Dam was decommissioned in 2000.

The Roding River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally southwest from its sources in the hills above the city of Nelson, reaching the Wairoa River five kilometres south of Richmond. The rock type Rodingite is named after the Roding River. The catchment has numours mine sites and shafts which attempted to make the copper and chromite deposites in the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt profertable in the late 19th Century.

Restoration of Brook Stream, and waterways in the Maitai catchment, has been a major focus of Project Maitai, [2] a Nelson City Council initiative to improve the health of the Maitai River and all its tributaries.

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The Brook is one of the suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies to the south of Nelson and is the location of the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary, a conservation project at the head of the Brook Valley.

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Te Wairepo / York Stream is a major tributary of the Maitai / Mahitahi River in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand. The maori name Te Wairepo means "water running through a swamp". Before the valley was drained and houses built by early European settlers, stands of flax covered the low lying areas through which Te Wairepo flowed.

Sharland Creek flows south and joins Packer Creek before flowing into the Maitai / Mahitahi River near Waahi Takaaro Golf Course in Nelson, New Zealand. Sharland Creek takes its name from an early European landowner, James Henry Sharland, who bought land in the area now named Sharland Hill. The land remained in the family until 1969 when it was bought by the State Forest Service.

Groom Creek, which flows northwards from Fringed Hill then past Tantragee Saddle, is a tributary of the Maitai / Mahitahi River in Nelson, South Island, New Zealand.

Hanby Park is a suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.

References

  1. LINZ file reference GES-N15-01-07/1670
  2. Project Maitai / Mahitahi

Coordinates: 41°16′32″S173°17′39″E / 41.27564°S 173.29420°E / -41.27564; 173.29420

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