Awakino River (Northland)

{{For|rivers with a similar name|Awakino River (disambiguation){{!}}Awakino River}}

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|source1_elevation={{convert|770|m|abbr=on}}|mouth_elevation=0m|discharge1_avg=|basin_size_km2=116|basin_size_ref=[https://www.nrc.govt.nz/for-schools/school-information-packs/rivers-and-streams/ Rivers and streams, Northland Regional Council]|mouth_coord_ref={{coord|-35.931703|173.898135}}}}

File:Awakino_River_in_1914.jpg

The Awakino River is a river of the Kaipara District in Northland Region. It flows {{convert|38|km||abbr=on}},{{Cite web|date=1981|title=Recreational River Survey|url=https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/w&smp14.pdf|url-status=live|website=NIWA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417002246/https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/w&smp14.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2021 }} generally south from the Awakino Stream, which rises on the Tutāmoe Range, to reach the Wairoa River on the eastern edge of Dargaville.{{Cite web|title=Awakino River, Northland|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz6466/Awakino-River/|access-date=2021-12-04|website=NZ Topo Map|language=en}} The river is crossed by SH14{{Cite web|date=Jun 2019|title=State Hwy 14|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.9278266,173.8886784,3a,75y,117.85h,69.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8DMqWleY9N4AfFqnll40eQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Google Maps|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204120747/https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.9278266,173.8886784,3a,75y,117.85h,69.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8DMqWleY9N4AfFqnll40eQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 |archive-date=4 December 2021 }} and the mothballed Dargaville Branch railway.{{Cite web|date=30 Jan 1940|title=Dargaville Rails To Be Linked In Six Weeks. NORTHERN ADVOCATE|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19400130.2.27|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-04|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204120745/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19400130.2.27 |archive-date=4 December 2021 }}

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "Bad creek",{{Cite web|date=6 August 2019|title=1000 Māori place names|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/1000-maori-place-names|publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage}} which accords with a 1981 description of "a slow, meandering drain through willows, swamp and flax lands, with little interest" and lined with muddy stop banks.