Story: Water quality

White-water rafting

Enjoying the thrill of white-water rafting, this crew negotiates the Kaituna River, near Rotorua.

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New Zealand Herald

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Mike Scarsbrook and Kit Rutherford, Water quality – Water quality in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15511/white-water-rafting (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mike Scarsbrook and Kit Rutherford, published 1 March 2009, updated 18 July 2016.