Ōrangipuku River

Status

  • Spelling alteration from Orangipuku River (macrons added to a recorded name).
  • "Ōrangipuku River" is now the official geographic name, as published in the New Zealand Gazette on 9 September 2010, and in relevant newspapers.

Description

Draining north into Lake Brunner (Moana), flowing from north of the Taramakau River. Topo50 map BU20 - Moana, source: GR 738 681, confluence: GR 717 766.

Report

You can read the Ōrangipuku River Place Name Report (PDF 1.7MB also available in HTML), which was considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 16 September 2009. The report includes a printable map.

Map


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