The Way Ahead
Profile of Wanganui River (navigable portion)
From Auahina where tidal influence almost ceased to where the Ongarue joined the Whanganui there were, under normal flow conditions, no fewer than 239 rapids to be negotiated by canoes plying the navigable length of the river. Over the distance of 130 miles from the confluence of the Onga-
rue to where the effect of tides was met there was a fall of 500 feet. The length of individual rapids and their fall, varied according the terrain the river was flowing through.
Courtesy A D Mead The naming of the Wanganui river rapids.
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Tu Tangata, Issue 32, 1 October 1986, Page 28
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102The Way Ahead Tu Tangata, Issue 32, 1 October 1986, Page 28
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