{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox river | name = Greta River | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location = [[Hurunui District]] | mouth_location = [[Hurunui River]] | 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 '''Greta River''' is a river in the [[Hurunui District]] of [[New Zealand]]. It flows north-east into the [[Hurunui River]], which runs into the [[Pacific Ocean]] south of [[Cheviot, New Zealand]]. [[New Zealand State Highway 1|State Highway 1]] follows the river for part of its route between Cheviot and [[Waipara]]. The locality of [[Greta Valley]] is to the east of the Greta River on the banks of the [[Waikari River (Canterbury)|Waikari River]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 72}}</ref> The river was named by local [[wiktionary:runholder|runholders]] Sir [[Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet|Charles Clifford]] and Sir [[Frederick Weld]] in the 1850s after the [[River Greta, Durham|Greta River]] in Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide|edition=9th|year=1994|page=380}}</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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[[Category:Hurunui District]] [[Category:Rivers of the Canterbury Region]] [[Category:Rivers of New Zealand]]
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