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River Releases/Flow Phones

Wairoa River - Bay of Plenty - North Island - NZL
Season 2011/2012
 
 
Wairoa River Release Dates Season 2011/12

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2011
September
October
November
December
2012
January
February
March
April
May

Release times from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each flow day
 


11, 25
9, 23
13, 27
4, 11, 18

1, 8, 15, 22, 29
5, 12, 19, 26
4, 11, 18, 25
1, 15, 19
13

 

Tongariro River System
Flow phone 07-386 8113

Fulljames Rapid (Waikato River)
Flow phone 0800 82 00 82

 
Mokau
Flow phone: 07-877 8525
Important: This number is for the power station and is answered by some kind people. Don't overuse it!!
At the put in at the Waitere dam there is a marker post measured in metres:
< 1.5 m stay home
1.5 - 2.0 good river trip for intermediate paddlers
2.0 - 2.5 getting pushy but lots of surfing and playing
2.5 - 3.0 getting big
3.0 + expert level (eddy fences and whirlpools, dead animals and trees will be with you)
 
 
 

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