Okuku River

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Okuku River
Okuku River, Mount Thomas Forest Conservation Area, New Zealand 17.jpg
Okuku River
Location
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location Puketeraki Range
Mouth  
 • location
Ashley River / Rakahuri
Length42 km (26 mi)

The Okuku River is a river of the north Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. [1] It flows predominantly south from several sources in and close to the eastern edge of the Puketeraki Range west of Waikari, flowing through a steep gorge in the Okuku Range before flowing into the Ashley River / Rakahuri 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Oxford.

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Okuku River

Pinchgut hut is located next to the Okuku river. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Place name detail: Okuku River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand . Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pinchgut Hut". Department of Conservation . Retrieved 11 October 2023.

43°16′S172°28′E / 43.267°S 172.467°E / -43.267; 172.467