Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty)

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Name: Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty)
Water system: Pacific Ocean
Water type: River
Progression: Bay of Plenty -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: Australia & Oceania
Countries: New Zealand

The Wairoa River runs north into Tauranga Harbour at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island.

In the mid-1970s, the Tauranga Joint Generation Committee proposed a hydroelectric power scheme for the Opuiaki River and Wairoa River. The newly formed Kaimai Canoe Club opposed the scheme at the water rights headings, this was on the grounds that it would destroy fishing, sport and recreation for existing and future generations. A compromise was arrived at by allowing the release of water 26 days a year for whitewater recreation.

Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty)

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