Hunua Falls
The Hunua Falls are on the Wairoa River in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, near Hunua. The land around was bought by Auckland for water supplies between 1940 and 1960. The mean flow of water downstream at Clevedon is /s, but can vary greatly, as illustrated in .The Wairoa River falls over a basalt lava plug. Volcanic tuff rings and lava bombs are visible in the east wall of the waterfall.
Several herbs have been identified near the falls - water starwort, Crassula hunua, water pennywort, wood-sorrel.
The Wairoa has smaller falls. Lily Falls were described as high and downstream from Hunua, in the Wairoa Gorge. A appeared in 1901.As well as tracks to the Hunua Ranges, there are two 30 minute walks; and the . The cliffs are used for abseiling.
