Waiohine River

The Waiohine River is a river of the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Waiohine River
Waiohine River in Waiohine Gorge
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lancaster Peak, Tararua Range
• elevation	1,500 m (4,920 ft)
Mouth
• location	Ruamahanga River at Pāpāwai
• elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Length	35 km (22 mi)
Basin size	378 km2 (146 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	25 m3/s (880 cu ft/s) at Waiohine Gorge

At first it flows generally south from its origins in the Tararua Range west of Otaki. It turns south-east once it reaches the plain where it passes to the north of Greytown and flows into the Ruamahanga River at Pāpāwai. Its main tributary is the Mangatarere Stream.[1]

Some of its water reaches Lake Wairarapa directly through many channels and irrigation features in Greytown's fruit-growing district.