Mohaka River

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Mohaka River
The Mohaka River at the Mohaka Viaduct

The Mohaka River at the Mohaka Viaduct

Data
location Hawke's Bay , North Island (New Zealand)
River system Mohaka River
source Confluence of several streams in the Ahimanawa Range
39 ° 5 ′ 36 ″  S , 176 ° 14 ′ 14 ″  E
muzzle at Mohaka in Hawke Bay Coordinates: 39 ° 7 '34 "  S , 177 ° 11' 29"  E 39 ° 7 '34 "  S , 177 ° 11' 29"  E

length 70 km

The Mohaka River is a river in the north of the Hawke's Bay region in the east of the North Island of New Zealand . It rises from the Ahimanawa Range and flows 70 km in an east-southeast direction before flowing into Hawke Bay near the settlement of Mohaka , 20 km southwest of Wairoa .

New Zealand's highest railway bridge, the Mohaka Viaduct , crosses the river near the small settlement of Raupunga .