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Kōrero: Water resources

Water of Leith

Video file

The Water of Leith stream flows through north Dunedin. In its lower reaches, around Otago University, it becomes confined within a concrete channel. This footage shows what happens to water in urban areas that quickly runs off hard surfaces into waterways.

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Alumni and Development Office, University of Otago

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Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, Water resources – The hydrological cycle, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/18156/water-of-leith (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.