{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox river | name = Utakura River | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location =Lake Ōmāpere | mouth_location = Waihou River | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = New Zealand | length_km = 15 | source1_elevation ={{convert|238|m}} | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 120 }}
The '''Utakura River''' is a river of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows west from its sources northwest of Kaikohe, reaching the Waihou River at the point where it widens to become an arm of the Hokianga Harbour.
Long and short-fin eels, smelt, īnanga, torrentfish and redfin bully live in the river.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Ngapuhi Fisheries Limited Final Report |url=https://waimaori.maori.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ngapuhi-Fisheries-Limited-Final-Report-09.pdf |website=NIWA}}</ref> The river is assessed as fair, in a scale between good and poor,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Surface water quality - Northland Regional Council |url=https://www.nrc.govt.nz/resource-library-archive/environmental-monitoring-archive2/state-of-the-environment-report-archive/2011/state-of-the-environment-monitoring/our-freshwater/surface-water-quality#What%20is%20our%20river%20water%20quality%20like? |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.nrc.govt.nz}}</ref> as it suffers from turbidity and e-coli and phosphorus pollution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utakura at Okaka Road River Quality |url=https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/northland-region/river-quality/utakura-river/utakura-at-okaka-road/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA)}}</ref>
==See also== *List of rivers of New Zealand
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==External links== *{{LINZ|id=|name=Utakura River|accessdate=12 July 2009}}
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Category:Far North District Category:Rivers of the Northland Region Category:Rivers of New Zealand
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