Manuka Creek

{{short description|Stream in Otago, New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}

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File:Manuka Railway Station, at Manuka Creek, Clutha District. ATLIB 293118.png, circa 1920]]

Manuka Creek is a locality in Otago, New Zealand, on the banks of the Manuka Stream (also often called Manuka Creek), a tributary of the Tokomairiro River. It is located a short distance to the east of State Highway 8. The Manuka Railway Station on the Roxburgh Branch line was located by it. Herbert Deveril{{Cite web|url=https://canterburyphotography.blogspot.com/2012/01/deveril-herbert.html|title=Early New Zealand Photographers: DEVERIL, Herbert|website=Early Canterbury Photography}}{{Cite web|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/218606&ved|title=Collections Online|website=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa}} and Albert Percy Godber photographed the railway station. The creek was once a busy site for gold mining.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-299938.html|title=Manuka Creek, Waitahuna, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand|website=www.mindat.org}}

Immediately to the north of the settlement, the state highway passes through the Manuka Gorge, a narrow stretch along the upper course of the Manuka Stream. Immediately above the gorge, the highway crosses a small saddle before descending along the valley of a tributary of the Waitāhuna River.