Omaka River

Omaka River
Map
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Horrible
Mouth 
 • location
Opawa River
Length36 kilometres (22 mi)

The Omaka River is a river of the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows north from the slopes of Mount Horrible 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Seddon, reaching the Ōpaoa River at the eastern end of Renwick.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the stream" for Ōmaka.[1]

  1. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.