Ohinemuri River

Tributaries

• Mataora Stream, running through the Golden Valley from a source only 1.5 km from the Bay of Plenty coastline.
• Mangatoetoe Stream, which bisects the town of Waihi.
• Waitete Stream, originating in the Coromandel Range near Waihi. This stream forms a natural boundary on the north-western side of Waihi and joins the Ohinemuri River immediately after Black Pool Dam.
• Waimata Stream, starting in the Kaimai Ranges near the Athenree Gorge.
• Waitekauri River, with its source deep in the Coromandel ranges, near the Komata goldfields.
• Taieri Stream, originating west of the Pukewera Hill, and the beautiful Owharoa Falls, near the confluence with the Ohinemuri River.
• Waitawheta River, flowing from deep in the Kaimai Ranges, south-east of Mount Te Aroha, and through the Waitawheta Gorge to Karangahake, where it joins Ohinemuri River.

  Public access

• From Paeroa, the river can be viewed from or near the Criterion Bridge, at the south end of town.
• State Highway 2 follows the path of the river through Karangahake Gorge most of the way between Paeroa and Waihi.
• The Karangahake Gorge Walkway, Hauraki Rail Trail and the Goldfields Railway follow respective parts of the river. At Karangahake, a car park and picnic area provide good access to the river.

  Gold mines

• At Karangahake Gorge the remains of the Crown and Talisman gold mines are visible from the Karangahake Gorge Historic walkway.
• At Waikino the Victoria Battery site has been opened as a public reserve. A railway line followed the river's south bank eastward to Waihi until 1952. This is now part of the Hauraki Rail Trail.

  Old towns

• Mackaytown is still extant, although a shadow of its former self.
• Karangahake is still extant and is at the western end of the Karangahake Gorge Walkway, and the northern end of Mt Karangahake Walkway.
• Owharoa is a ghost town 2 km west of Waikino.
• Waikino is still extant and is at the eastern end of the Karangahake Gorge Walkway and the Western end of the Goldfields Railway.