Turanganui River

Turanganui River
Information sign on the Turanganui River
Data
location	Around the middle of the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand
River system	Turanganui River
source	Confluence of the Taruheru River and Waimata River
muzzle	at Gisborne in the Pacific Ocean ( Poverty Bay ) Coordinates: 38 ° 40 ′ 27 ″  S , 178 ° 1 ′ 20 ″  E 38 ° 40 ′ 27 ″  S , 178 ° 1 ′ 20 ″  E
Medium-sized cities	Gisborne

The Turanganui River is the shortest river in New Zealand at just 1,200 m in length . It is formed by the confluence of the Taruheru River and Waimata River in the middle of Gisborne and flows into Poverty Bay next to the harbor .

It is crossed by a road bridge (Wainui Road) and a railway bridge (Gisborne - Muriwai Museum Railway ). The headroom is so low that only small boats can pass on the river.

Near the estuary, on the right bank of the river, there is both a Captain Cook statue and a Young Nick statue (the cabin boy who first saw the rocks of Poverty Bay) as a reminder of the first Europeans to see this place.

There are maps (e.g. on Google Maps) where the original rivers are both incorrectly marked as Turanganui River .