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Cardrona River

Cardrona River

River in the South Island of New Zealand

The Cardrona River is in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of the first tributaries of the Clutha River / Mata-Au, which it meets only 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the latter's origin at the outflow of Lake Wānaka.

Quick Facts Cardrona River Ōrau, Native name ...

The Cardrona flows north for 40 kilometres (25 mi) down the steep narrow Cardrona Valley. Its headwaters are near New Zealand's highest main road, the Crown Range route.[1] The river runs past the settlement of Cardona and the Cardrona skifield, then south of Wānaka township.

The original name of the river is the Ōrau. It was a traditional Māori route linking Whakatipu Waimāori (Lake Wakatipu) with lakes Wānaka and Hāwea. Ngāi Tahu recorded Ōrau as a kāinga mahinga kai (food-gathering place) where tuna (eels), pora ('Māori turnip') and weka were gathered.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Zanthia. "The Crown Range". 100% Pure New Zealand. New Zealand Tourism. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Ōrau "Cardrona River"". Kā Huru Manu. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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