Story: Rivers

More links and websites

• List of rivers of New Zealand

  A page from Wikipedia that links to information about most of the larger rivers in New Zealand.

• New Zealand Hydrological Society

  This society is concerned with the management and understanding of New Zealand’s water resources

• West Coast Regional Council – river level and rainfall

  This page gives comprehensive information on river levels and rainfall on the West Coast. The data is automatically collected from remote sites, and sent by radio telemetry to the website.

• White Water NZ

  Information on river flows and river safety as well as canoeing.

More suggestions and sources

• Cumberland, Kenneth, and Graeme Matthew. Rivers and lakes in New Zealand. Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1985.
• Harding, Jon, and others, eds. Freshwaters of New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Hydrological Society / New Zealand Limnological Society, 2004.
• Mosely, M. Paul, ed. Gravel-bed rivers. Wellington: New Zealand Hydrological Society, 2001.
• Peat, Neville, and Brian Patrick. Wild rivers: discovering the natural history of the central South Island. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2001.
• Young, David, and Bruce Foster. Faces of the river: New Zealand’s living water. Auckland: TVNZ, 1986.