Little River (New Zealand)
The Little River is a tributary of Rakaia River, about long, in the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand's South Island. It rises on the Mount Hutt and enters the Rakaia above sea level.
Little River is also the name of a short river, roughly, on Stewart Island, about a 2-hour walk from Oban.
Wairewa marae, a marae of Ngāi Tahu and its Wairewa Rūnanga branch, is located at Little River. It includes Te Mako wharenui.Power station
’s Cleardale power station, was built in 2010. It takes up to /second through a fibreglass penstock, up from, and above, the station, to drive a pelton wheel. Power is generated at 400 volts and transformed to feed into Electricity Ashburton's 11 kV network. Some water from the tailrace is used to irrigate, with the remainder returned to the river. The power station and penstock have been landscaped and are now barely visible.
