Awapoko River
| Awapoko River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Doubtless Bay |
| Length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Awapoko River is an estuary, almost 2 km (1.2 mi) long, where the Aurere and Parapara Streams merge before entering Doubtless Bay in the Northland Region of New Zealand.[1]
Ngāti Kahu had lived in the area for about 700 years until most of their land was sold under government pressure in the 1850s.[2]
The present land use is predominantly a mix of agriculture, forestry, housing along SH10, indigenous vegetation[3] and sand-dunes.[4]
Spotless crake, banded rail, bittern and herons live in the estuary.[5]
Despite court action in 2011,[6] a 2016 report said the Aurere Stream "stands out in particular as having degraded water quality".[7]
Construction of Kupe Waka Centre, begun by Hector Busby, on the banks of the river, started in 2014.[8]
The small, steep sided Puketu Island is in the bay just to the east of the river mouth.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Awapoko River, Northland – NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Mangonui Sewerage Claim" (PDF). August 1988.
- ^ "Doubtless Bay Catchment Plan" (PDF). July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1896 – botany". rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Northland Marine Library". www.marinenz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Judge fines two farms more than $50,000 for effluent offences". www.lawsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Doubtless Bay Catchment – Water Quality Update" (PDF). April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Long ago promise is not forgotten". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Northland Regional Landscape Assessment Worksheet – Puketu Island" (PDF). February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2018.
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