The Tauhoa River is an estuarial arm of the Kaipara Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. As part of the harbour's drowned valley system, it consists of narrow channels flowing south through expanses of mudflat to meet with the main waters of the Kaipara due east of the harbour entrance. The Tauhoa Channel links the entrance with the river mouth.
| Tauhoa River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of the Tauhoa River .png)  Tauhoa River (New Zealand) | |
 Route of the Tauhoa River | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland Region |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 36°20′26″S 174°23′58″E / 36.3405°S 174.3995°E |
| Mouth | Kaipara Harbour |
• coordinates | 36°24′55″S 174°21′45″E / 36.4153°S 174.3625°E |
| Length | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Tauhoa River → Kaipara Harbour → Tasman Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Whanaki River, Opatu River, Papakanui River |
| • right | Opou Creek, Onemanga Creek, Kahutaewao Creek, Hiki Creek, Te Raupa Creek |
History
editIn pre-European times, the Tauhoa River was important to the Tāmaki Māori people of the Kaipara Harbour. The Opou portage allowed waka to be transported across the Okahukura Peninsula between the Oruawharo and Tauhoa rivers.[1]
Tauhoa Scientific Reserve
editThe Tauhoa Scientific Reserve is a nationally important reserve primarily made up of mangrove forest. It is 291 ha (720 acres) and one of two large mangrove forest reserves in New Zealand. It was vested with the University of Auckland in 1949.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Cameron, Ewen; Hayward, Bruce; Murdoch, Graeme (2008). A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage. Random House New Zealand. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-86962-1513.
- ↑ Schedule 4 Significant Ecological Areas – Marine Schedule (PDF) (Report).
- "Place name detail: Tauhoa River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 July 2009.