Tauweru River
| Tauweru River | |
|---|---|
 Route of the Tauweru River | |
.png)  Mouth of the Tauweru River  Tauweru River (North Island) | |
| Native name | Tauweru (Māori) |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Island | North Island |
| Region | Wellington |
| District | Masterton, Carterton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 40°43′11″S 176°02′24″E / 40.71968°S 176.04012°E |
| Mouth | Ruamāhanga River |
• coordinates | 41°04′03″S 175°38′03″E / 41.06756°S 175.63416°E |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Tauweru River → Ruamāhanga River → Lake Ōnoke → Lake Ōnoke Outlet → Palliser Bay → Cook Strait → Pacific Ocean |
| Cities | Bideford, Tauweru, Gladstone |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Mangapurupuru Stream, Kaumingi Stream, Waipawa Stream, Kerearea Stream, Pōhatu Stream, Ruaruahanga Stream, Kōurarau Stream |
| • right | Wainuiomapu Stream, Mangareia Stream, Ruatiki Stream, Waihonga Stream, Mangatopitopi Stream, Taumataria Stream |
| Bridges | Alfredton-Tinui Road Bridge, Maringi Road Bridge, Bridge near 263 Coopers Road, Bridge near 134 Coopers Road, Glendonald Road Bridge, Waterfalls Road Bridge, Mangarei Road Bridge, Te Ore Ore-Bideford Road Bridge, Stoddarts Road Bridge, Masterton-Castlepoint Road Bridge, Masterton Stronvar Road Bridge, Te Whiti Road Bridge |
The Tauweru River, sometimes called the Taueru River, is a river in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island. It drains from the pastoral eastern highlands of the Wairarapa and joins the Ruamāhanga River[1][2] just north of the Gladstone Road bridge into Gladstone, southeast of Carterton.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The river's name is Māori for "hanging in clusters" and named after it is the town of Tauweru, located along the middle reaches of the river east of Masterton.[4]
Geography
[edit]The river itself is slow and sluggish, flowing in a willow-lined, restricted and gravel-less channel.[5] A group of local farmers, the Mid-Tauweru Landcare Group, was established in 2000 to facilitate sound management of the river's riparian zone by replacing willows with native plants to enhance the river's flow and biodiversity.[6] Its catchment east of Masterton is extensive and fishing conditions in the lower three kilometres of the river are considered to be excellent, especially in summer.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1966 Encyclopaedia Of New Zealand: Ruamahanga River
- ↑ "Place name detail: Tauweru River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ Map depicting the Gladstone Road bridge just south of the confluence of the Ruamahanga and Tauweru Rivers
- ↑ Sharpe, Marty, 6 July 2002, "Tauweru Spelling Stays a Hot Issue" Deprecated link archived 2007-08-15 at archive.today, Wairarapa Times-Age.
- ↑ Heather, B. D., September 1973, "The Black-Fronted Dotterel (Charadrius Melanops) in the Wairarapa" Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Notornis: Journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand 20(3), pg. 252.
- ↑ Transpower Grants - Mid-Tauweru Landcare Group
- ↑ Fish and Game New Zealand: Wellington - Fishing - Access Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine