{"id":460,"date":"2014-06-11T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2020-08-20T15:17:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T03:17:15","slug":"waiau-river","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/tuatapere\/whats-here\/waiau-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiau River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Waiau River<\/h4>\n<p>The Waiau River was once the mighty river of Southland, possessing strength in both volume and power.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_465\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Waiau-River.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-465\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Waiau-River-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Waiau River\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Waiau-River-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Waiau-River.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiau River Tuatapere<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Flowing in a north to south direction, the river is 112 kilometres in length stretching from Lake Te Anau, through Lake Manapouri and travelling past <a title=\"Tuatapere\" href=\"\/\">Tuatapere<\/a> before entering <a title=\"Te Waewae Bay\" href=\"\/tuatapere\/whats-here\/te-waewae-bay\/\">Te Waewae Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for hydroelectricity generation meant the main source of the Waiau watershed was directed through a tunnel at the western end of Lake Manapouri.  The water is now released into the sea at Deep Cove on the Fiordland Coast.<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in the decrease of the river&#8217;s water flow so the formerly mighty river is now significantly reduced.  There is still fishing stock in the river and the Waiau River&#8217;s trout population attracts fishermen to the region throughout the year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_672\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Southland-Rainbow-Trout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-image-672 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Southland-Rainbow-Trout-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"Southland Rainbow Trout\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southland Rainbow Trout<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiau River The Waiau River was once the mighty river of Southland, possessing strength in both volume and power. 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