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The Mikonui River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northwest from its sources in the Southern Alps, reaching the Tasman Sea close to the township of Ross.

Mikonui River
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSouthern Alps
Mouth 
  location
Tasman Sea
Length25 kilometres (16 mi)

Early settlers on the Mikonui


Charles Shearer (born 1826 in Denny, Scotland) and his wife Janet (born Costdyke, Scotland) settled in Mikonui in 1868. In 1881 Charles advertised his Mikonui River water-race for sale in the West Coast Times for two hundred pounds.


See also



References


"Place name detail: Mikonui River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

Goa Way Back, Early Hari Hari - Vic Berry, Published 1986

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