Ngaruroro
Ngaruroro is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -39.56°, 176.48°
About Ngaruroro
The Ngaruroro River is located in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It runs for a total of 164 km (102 mi) southeast from the Kaweka Range, Kaimanawa Range and Ruahine Range and then east before emptying into Hawke Bay roughly halfway between the cities of Napier and Hastings, near the town of Clive (drainage area 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi) above Tūtaekurī River confluence). About 40% of the catchment is pasture, and 55% native forest.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Ngaruroro River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Ngaruroro in Depth
Course
The upper Ngaruroro drains the Kaweka Forest Park, and it is used for trout fishing (mostly rainbow), rafting, tramping and deer hunting.
The river is mostly a single-thread channel down to Whanawhana (45 kilometres (28 mi) from the coast), flowing through a greywacke rock gorge. Below Whanawhana, the river opens to wide braided channel and is joined by the Maraekakaho River. The Ngaruroro shares a river mouth with the Tūtaekurī River, Clive River and Muddy Creek. The meeting of these rivers forms the Waitangi Estuary.
The Ngaruroro River recharges freshwater to the Heretaunga groundwater aquifer (in the order of four cubic metres per second (140 cu ft/s)).
History
The river is traditionally important to Ngāti Kahungunu, especially the hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu and Heretaunga Tamatea. The lower river was traditionally used as a transportation route between the Hawke Bay coast and the mountains. Numerus archaeological sites are found along the river, and the river is an important tranditional food source for fishing.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Ngaruroro River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Ngaruroro: Key Facts
| Length | 174 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 2,500 km² |
| Source | Mangamingi Stream |
| Mouth | Waitangi Estuary |
| Tributaries | Waiwhakamate Stream, Te Matia Stream, Purungetungetu Stream, Panoko Stream / Gold Creek, Ngaawapurua Stream / Harkness Stream, Omarukokere Stream, Rocks Ahead Stream, Tapahiwhenua Stream |
Facts from Wikidata Q15262256 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Ngaruroro: Quick Answers
- Where is Ngaruroro?
- Ngaruroro is located in New Zealand, at 39.5616° S, 176.4790° E.
- Are there dams on the Ngaruroro?
- No dam on the Ngaruroro is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.