Okuku River
River in Canterbury, New Zealand
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Country | New Zealand |
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• location | Puketeraki Range |
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• location | Ashley River / Rakahuri |
Length | 42 km (26 mi) |
The Okuku River is a river of the north Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.[1] It flows predominantly south from several sources in and close to the eastern edge of the Puketeraki Range west of Waikari, flowing through a steep gorge in the Okuku Range before flowing into the Ashley River / Rakahuri 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Oxford.
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Pinchgut hut is located next to the Okuku river.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Place name detail: Okuku River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "Pinchgut Hut". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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Populated places; seat: Rangiora • Waimakariri District Council
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Woodend-Sefton Sub-Division |
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Parliament
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for the Waimakariri electorate |
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- Trevor Inch (1989–95)
- Janice Skurr (1995–2001)
- Jim Gerard (2001–07)
- Ron Keating (2007–10)
- David Ayers (2010–2019)
- Dan Gordon (2019–present)
- Ashley Gorge
- Ashley River / Rakahuri
- Cam River / Ruataniwha
- Cust River
- Glentui River
- Kaiapoi River
- Karetu River
- Lilburne River
- Makerikeri River
- Okuku River
- Pegasus Bay
- Waimakariri Gorge
- Waimakariri River
- Ashley Estuary
- State Highway 71
- Main North Line
- Eyreton Branch
- Oxford Branch
- Public transport in Christchurch
bold - main town; bold & italics - minor town; normal text - locality; italics - minor locality
43°16′S 172°28′E / 43.267°S 172.467°E / -43.267; 172.467
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