Awapoko River

Awapoko River is an estuary, almost 2 km (1.2 mi) long, where the Aurere and Parapara Streams merge before entering Doubtless Bay in the Northland Region of New Zealand.[1]

Awapoko River
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Doubtless Bay
Length2 km (1.2 mi)

Ngāti Kahu had lived in the area for about 700 years until most of their land was sold under government pressure in the 1850s.[2]

The present land use is predominantly a mix of agriculture, forestry, housing along SH10, indigenous vegetation[3] and sand-dunes.[4]

Spotless crake, banded rail, bittern and herons live in the estuary.[5]

Despite court action in 2011,[6] a 2016 report said the Aurere Stream "stands out in particular as having degraded water quality".[7]

Construction of Kupe Waka Centre, begun by Hector Busby, on the banks of the river, started in 2014.[8]

The small, steep sided Puketu Island is in the bay just to the east of the river mouth.[9]

References
  1. "Awapoko River, Northland – NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Mangonui Sewerage Claim" (PDF). August 1988.
  3. "Doubtless Bay Catchment Plan" (PDF). July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2018.
  4. "Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1896 – botany". rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. "Northland Marine Library". www.marinenz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. "Judge fines two farms more than $50,000 for effluent offences". www.lawsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  7. "Doubtless Bay Catchment – Water Quality Update" (PDF). April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2018.
  8. "Long ago promise is not forgotten". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  9. "Northland Regional Landscape Assessment Worksheet – Puketu Island" (PDF). February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2018.

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