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Wairaki River, Makarewa, or Mangarewa (all names unofficial), is a river in Southland, New Zealand. The name Wairaki literally translates to water (wai), north (raki), and also means "meandering river".
Coat of arms of Southland Notes Southland has a coat of arms, granted on September 2 1983 by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.The blazon is: [3] Escutcheon Quarterly, first, Or, on a reedy mount vert a Notornis bird Proper, beaked and membered Gules (for Southland); second, Gules, a dexter arm vambraced, the hand brandishing a sword Proper (for Wallace); third, Azure, three piles wavy issuant from ...
The Army Corps of Engineers abruptly began releasing large flows on Friday, sending water streaming from Terminus Dam into the Kaweah River near Visalia and from Schafer Dam into the Tule River ...
The Waikaia River [1] is a river in New Zealand, a tributary of the Mataura River.The name is probably a corruption of Wai-o-Whakaea. [2]The moderate sized Waikaia River rises in swamps and tussock land in the Umbrella Mountains to the east of the headwaters of the Pomahaka River and then flows south for 50 kilometres (31 mi) through rugged native bush-clad hills and then from Piano Flat ...
The environment of New Zealand is characterised by an endemic flora and fauna which has evolved in near isolation from the rest of the world. [1] The main islands of New Zealand span two biomes , temperate and subtropical , complicated by large mountainous areas above the tree line. [ 2 ]
The 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged.
Containment was at 15% and the forward progress of the fire has been stopped, Cal Fire said in an update. Road closures have been moved to South Fork Drive and Mountain Road 319. Evacuation ...
The Waiau River is the largest river in the Southland region of New Zealand. [1] ' Waiau' translates to 'River of Swirling Currents'. [2] It is the outflow of Lake Te Anau, flowing from it into Lake Manapouri 10 kilometres (6 mi) to the south, and from there flows south for 70 kilometres (43 mi) before reaching the Foveaux Strait 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Tuatapere.