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Ngaruroro River

Rivers of New ZealandRivers of the Hawke's Bay Region
Ngaruroro River between Kiwi Mouth and Kiwi Saddle Hut. Kawekas, New Zealand 01
Ngaruroro River between Kiwi Mouth and Kiwi Saddle Hut. Kawekas, New Zealand 01

The Ngaruroro River is located in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It runs for a total of 164 kilometres southeast from the Kaweka Range, Kaimanawa Range and Ruahine Range and then east before emptying into Hawke Bay roughly halfway between the cities of Napier and Hastings, near the town of Clive (drainage area 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi) above Tutaekuri River confluence). About 40% of the catchment is pasture, and 55% native forest. The meaning of Ngaruroro is obscure.

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N -39.566666666667 ° E 176.93333333333 °
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East Clive


4102 , East Clive
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
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Ngaruroro River between Kiwi Mouth and Kiwi Saddle Hut. Kawekas, New Zealand 01
Ngaruroro River between Kiwi Mouth and Kiwi Saddle Hut. Kawekas, New Zealand 01
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Haumoana
Haumoana

Haumoana is a coastal town just south of the Tukituki River outlet in Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located 12 km south of Napier and ten kilometres east of Hastings. The village incorporates a school, a Presbyterian Church, a general store, a takeaway shop, a hall and a fire station. The village was developed as a holiday settlement with beaches, and the surrounding area has historically been used for sheep and cattle grazing and horticulture. However, lifestyle blocks and grape growing have become more prominent in recent times. Many inhabitants commute to the nearby cities to work. There are approximately 430 houses in Haumoana. The population at the 2013 census was 2256, an increase of 54 people since 2006.The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "sea breeze" for Haumoana.The area is flat and low lying, with hills to the southwest. The underlying soil material has been laid down by rivers and the sea margin. Particle size ranges from gravel to clay. Nearer the beach the area is underlain by free draining sandy-gravels but further inland the gravels are overlain by poor draining silt and clay rich soils. Parts of the beach are experiencing coastal erosion of 0.7 metres per year, which resulted in the removal of several houses along the gravel beach crest, and other beach front properties being inundated during heavy swells and high tides. Due to its location near the beach in an area prone to coastal erosion, parts of the beach at Haumoana is being eroded. The long term shoreline retreat at Haumoana is on average between 0.30 m and 0.70 m per year. This rate of erosion is the same as it is at Te Awanga further down the Bay coastline. The coastal erosion rate at Clifton south of Te Awanga is slightly higher.Haumoana has a reticulated water supply managed by the Hastings District Council. An estimated 3% gain their water independently through rain water collection or from individual water bores. Wastewater is disposed using individual septic tanks.