Wairoa River

Wairoa is the name of several rivers and streams in New Zealand. Wairoa is Māori for long water.

  • Wairoa River (Northland)
  • Wairoa River (Hawke's Bay)
  • Wairoa River (Tasman)
  • Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty)
  • Wairoa River (Auckland)
  • Wairoa Stream (Motiti Island)

Famous quotes containing the word river:

    “I am advised that there is an unexpended balance of about $45,000 of the fund appropriated for the relief of the sufferers by flood upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and I recommend that authority be given to use this fund to meet the most urgent necessities of the poorer people in Oklahoma.”
    —Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)