Hurunui River

The Hurunui River is the fourth largest of the four principal rivers in north Canterbury, New Zealand, with a catchment area of 2,670 square kilometres. [Robert Logan, "Waimakariri. The story of Canterbury's "river of cold rushing water". ISBN-0-473-00520-4, Robert Logan, Christchurch, 1987, page 6.] The river flows from the main divide pass Harpers Pass, in the Southern Alps, to the Pacific Ocean.

Some of the tributaries include the Jollie Brook, the Glenrae River and the Mandamus River.

Chinook salmon ("Oncorhynchus tshawytscha") were introduced from California in the 1900s and persist today. [McDowall, R. M. (1990) New Zealand freshwater fishes: a natural history and guide. Heinemann-Reed, Auckland, 553 p.]

On 30 August 2007, the New Zealand Fish and Game Council and the New Zealand Recreational Canoeing Association lodged an application for a Water Conservation Order to protect the Hurunui River with the Ministry for the Environment. [ [http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/Site/Features/Features_Media_Hurunui.aspx Protection sought for Hurunui River] New Zealand Fish and Game Council press release, 30 August 2007, retrieved 1 October 2007.]

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