Category:Ohiwa Harbour

Ōhiwa Harbour 

estuary in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
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Instance of	estuary
Location	Ōpōtiki District Whakatāne District Bay of Plenty Region New Zealand
37° 59′ 27.6″ S, 177° 05′ 38.4″ E
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The Ohiwa Harbour is a large shallow estuary situated 11 kilometres east of Whakatane and 16 kilometres west of Opotiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty, in the North Island of New Zealand. The harbour is one of New Zealand's most unspoiled and the area has long been special to many people for many reasons. People appreciate its landscapes, natural beauty, water quality, recreational activities, heritage places and values, clean air and productive land. The catchment extends far inland into the upper reaches of the Nukuhou River. The landscape that embraces the Harbour is in places rolling hill country and in others steep and dramatic. A multitude of peninsulas, spurs and gullies form a convoluted harbour edge that is dotted with salt-marshes, wetlands and mudflats.