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Oparau River
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
River mouth Kawhia Harbour
Length 17 km (11 mi)
Junction of Okupata and Oparau Rivers, Kawhia (20171489108)
Junction of Okupata and Oparau Rivers, Kawhia

The Oparau River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southwest from its sources in the Pirongia Forest Park and flows into the Kawhia Harbour 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Kawhia.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives translations of "place of many fortified villages" or "place of falsehood" for Ōparau.

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  • Hihikiwi summit and Ōpārau valley to Kawhia Harbour

    Ōpārau valley and Kawhia Harbour from Hihikiwi summit in 2015

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