The Taieri Gorge is located on the Taieri River, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a deep canyon carved by the Taieri River on the middle stage of its journey from Central Otago to the Pacific Ocean, between the high plateau of the Maniototo and the coastal Taieri Plains.
The Taieri Gorge Railway runs alongside (and considerably above) the river through the gorge.
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Taieri River
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Source: Lammerlaw Range—Flows into: Pacific Ocean
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| Administrative areas |
- Otago Region
- Clutha District
- Maniototo District
- Dunedin City
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| Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream) |
- Paerau
- Waipiata
- Hyde
- Middlemarch
- Sutton
- Pukerangi
- Outram
- Allanton
- Otokia
- Henley
- Taieri Mouth
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| Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence) |
- Sowburn
- Kyeburn
- Sutton Stream
- Deep Stream
- Three O'Clock Stream
- Lee Stream
- Silver Stream
- Waipori River
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| Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary) |
- Sutton Salt Lake
- Lake Mahinerangi
- Lake Waihola
- Lake Waipori
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| Islands in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary) |
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| Other features (upstream to downstream) |
- Central Otago Rail Trail
- Strath-Taieri
- Taieri Gorge
- Taieri River Scenic Reserve
- Taieri Plains
- Sinclair Wetlands
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| Longest New Zealand rivers |
- 1: Waikato
- 2: Clutha / Mata-Au
- 3: Whanganui
- 4: Taieri
- 5: Rangitikei
- 6: Mataura
- 7: Waiau (Southland)
- 8: Clarence
- 9: Waitaki
- 10: Oreti
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