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Awapoko River is an estuary, almost 2 km (1.2 mi) long, where the Aurere and Parapara Streams merge before entering Doubtless Bay in the Northland Region of New Zealand.[1]

Awapoko River
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Doubtless Bay
Length	2 km (1.2 mi)

Ngāti Kahu had lived in the area for about 700 years until most of their land was sold under government pressure in the 1850s.[2]

The present land use is predominantly a mix of agriculture, forestry, housing along SH10, indigenous vegetation[3] and sand-dunes.[4]

Spotless crake, banded rail, bittern and herons live in the estuary.[5]

Despite court action in 2011,[6] a 2016 report said the Aurere Stream "stands out in particular as having degraded water quality".[7]

Construction of Kupe Waka Centre, begun by Hector Busby, on the banks of the river, started in 2014.[8]

The small, steep sided Puketu Island is in the bay just to the east of the river mouth.[9]

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