Awa

Te awa Waitaki.

Ko te awa he wai tahe nuku ki o te whenua. Ka haeretia tona wai mai tētahi ahu o tētahi mātāpuna kei runga te puke, te maunga, te ahatanga wāhi teitei. Ka takea te wai awa mai te hukarere rewa o te ua.

Ka mutu te tahe o ngā awa ki ngā roto ētahi, ka mutu te tahe ki ngā wahapū honoa i te moana ētahi. Ka pūtahingia ētahi awa ki ngā awa nui ake ētahi.

He maha rawa ngā awa. Hei tauira ēnei:

• Arahura
• Hakipere
• Kawarau
• Mohaka
• Rakaia
• Rangitaiki
• Rangitikei
• Taieri
• Waiapu
• Waikato
• Waimakariri
• Waipa
• Wairau
• Waitaki
• Whanganui