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Kōrero: Waikato region

Waikato River

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Waikato River

The Waikato River is the region's and one of New Zealand’s largest, flowing from the Volcanic Plateau through the Waikato Basin and to reach the Tasman Sea at Port Waikato. This view looking south (upstream) shows the Waikato’s confluence with the Waipā River at Ngāruawāhia.

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by Steve Bicknell

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Landscape and climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27052/waikato-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.