Pareora River

{{short description|River in New Zealand}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| name = Pareora River

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| source1_location = Hunters Hills

| mouth_location = Pacific Ocean

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = New Zealand

| length = {{convert|56|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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The Pareora River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It has its origins in several small streams flowing from the Hunters Hills, and flows north before turning southeast to reach the Pacific Ocean at the southern end of the township of Pareora, {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} south of Timaru. The river ends in a hapua-type river mouth, this means the flow to the ocean is impeded by a gravel bank.Creed 2014