Kerikeri River (Waikato)

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Kerikeri River
Kerikeri Stream waterfall beside Ruakiwi Rd.JPG
Rapids beside Ruakiwi Rd
Kerikeri River (Waikato)
Location
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  elevation170 metres (560 ft)
Mouth  
  location
Raglan Harbour
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length9 km (5.6 mi)

The Kerikeri River is a short river of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, which flows into the northern shore of Raglan Harbour.

Contents

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]

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References

  1. 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
  2. page 63 Te Uku: R T Vernon 1975
  3. Off the Sheep's back: Bill Richards 1986

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