Waitara River
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The Waitara River is a significant river in New Zealand’s North Island that flows through the Taranaki Region to the Tasman Sea, historically important for Māori settlement and colonial-era conflicts.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
First Taranaki War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithIwi |
Ngāti Maru (Taranaki)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ngāti Mutunga NERFINISHED ⓘ Te Āti Awa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| estuaryType | tidal river mouth ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Tasman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsNear | Inglewood (Taranaki) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | rural Taranaki farmland ⓘ |
| hasBridge | SH3 Waitara River bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCatchment | Waitara River catchment ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
industrial water supply
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| hasEstuary | Waitara River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificanceFor |
Māori
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taranaki iwi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
industrial pollution
ⓘ
pollution from agriculture ⓘ water quality concerns ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | 0 metres ⓘ |
| hasMāoriName | Waitara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationArea | riverbank reserves at Waitara ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Makara Stream (Taranaki)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manganui River (Taranaki) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mangaone Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInOceanBasin | South Pacific Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Treaty of Waitangi settlement discussions
ⓘ
Waitara land confiscation history ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Māori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Island ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Taranaki Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Taranaki Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedAt | Waitara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedInDistrict | New Plymouth District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | New Plymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Waitara township ⓘ |
| partOf | hydrology of Taranaki Region ⓘ |
| region | western North Island ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn | Taranaki Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedOn | Mount Taranaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ whitebaiting ⓘ |
| wasImportantFor |
Māori settlement
ⓘ
food gathering ⓘ transport ⓘ |
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