The Waiaua River is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southwest from the slopes of Mount Taranaki to reach the Tasman Sea at Ōpunake.

Waiaua River
Bridge over the Waiaua River south-east of Ōpunake (circa 1910s).
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Taranaki/Mount Egmont
Mouth
• location	South Taranaki Bight
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	25 km (16 mi)

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "waters containing herring" for Waiaua.[1] Aua is usually translated as yellow-eye mullet.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of New Zealand

References

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