Glentui River

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox river | name = Glentui River | image = Glentui River, Mount Thomas Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand 07.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Glentui River near a track to Mt Richardson | source1_location = [[Mount Richardson, New Zealand|Mount Richardson]] | mouth_location = [[Ashley River / Rakahuri]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[New Zealand]] | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | pushpin_map = New Zealand | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth within New Zealand }} The '''Glentui River''' is a river in the [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]] region of [[New Zealand]]. It arises on the slopes of [[Mount Richardson (Canterbury)|Mount Richardson]] and flows south-east through the locality of [[Glentui]] and into [[Ashley River / Rakahuri]], which exits in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 81}}</ref> The river was earlier called Tui Creek, and the locality named from the station Glentui established by H.C.H. Knowles in 1854.<ref>{{cite book|title=Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide|edition=9th|year=1994|page=378}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body-d3-d14.html|title=The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series|first=L. G. D.|last=Acland|year=1946|page=63|access-date=3 February 2023|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203205535/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body-d3-d14.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are nature and waterfall walking tracks along the river.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/glentui-walking-tracks/|title=Glentui walking tracks|publisher=[[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]]|accessdate=20 July 2009|archive-date=20 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120104007/http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/glentui-walking-tracks/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of rivers of New Zealand]]

==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014041929/http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/search/index.aspx Land Information New Zealand] - Search for Place Names

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