{{short description|River in Canterbury Region, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox river | name = Hawkins River | image = Hawkins River, dry river bed, view to north.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = Hawkins River, 2017. Torlesses Range in the background | source1_location = Big Ben Range | mouth_location = Selwyn River | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = New Zealand | length_km = 48 | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} The '''Hawkins River''' is a river in New Zealand. A major tributary of Canterbury's Selwyn River, it flows generally southeast from its source to the southwest of Springfield, reaching the Selwyn {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} west of Burnham.
The river also flows through the rural settlement of Hawkins, five kilometers west of Darfield.
==See also== *List of rivers of New Zealand
==References== {{LINZ|id=|name=Hawkins River|accessdate=12 July 2009}}
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Category:Rivers of the Canterbury Region Category:Rivers of New Zealand
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