Waipapa River (Bay of Plenty)
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The Waipapa River is a river of the western Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand
's North Island
. It flows generally north from its origins in Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park to reach Tauranga Harbour
12 kilometres west of Tauranga
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
. It flows generally north from its origins in Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park to reach Tauranga Harbour
Tauranga Harbour
The Tauranga Harbour is the natural tidal harbour that surrounds Tauranga CBD and the Mount Maunganui area of Tauranga, New Zealand which flows into the Pacific Ocean at Mount Maunganui and Bowentown. The harbour is effectively two flooded river systems separated from the Pacific Ocean, by the...
12 kilometres west of Tauranga
Tauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...
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