Cook River / Weheka

Cook River / Weheka
Cook River near State Highway 6
Route of Cook River / Weheka
Mouth of Cook River / Weheka Show map of South Island Cook River / Weheka (New Zealand) Show map of New Zealand
Native name	Weheka
Location
Country	New Zealand
Region	West Coast
District	Westland
Physical characteristics

Source	La Perouse Glacier
• location	Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
• coordinates	43°34′33″S 170°02′20″E / 43.57583°S 170.03888°E / -43.57583; 170.03888
• elevation	890 m (2,920 ft)

Mouth	Tasman Sea
• location	2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Gillespies Beach
• coordinates	43°25′47″S 169°47′21″E / 43.42972°S 169.78916°E / -43.42972; 169.78916
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	34 kilometres (21 mi)
Basin features
Progression	La Perouse Glacier → Cook River / Weheka → Tasman Sea
River system	Cook River / Weheka
Tributaries
• left	Driblet Creek, Hermit Creek, Bullock Creek (upper section), Bullock Creek (lower section)
• right	McBain Creek, Balfour River, Fox River, Clearwater River

The Cook River / Weheka is in the South Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are from the La Perouse Glacier on the western flanks of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, and it flows west, then northeast, then northwest and into the Tasman Sea. Its tributaries include the Balfour River, fed by Balfour Glacier, and the Fox River, fed by Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe. Much of the river lies within the Westland Tai Poutini National Park.^[1] The river was renamed from Cook River to Cook River / Weheka as a result of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.

Brown trout can be fished for in the river.^[2]

Access along the river by foot is difficult beyond the junction with the Balfour River. There are no approved helicopter landing sites in the river valley, but there are chamois, tahr and small numbers of red deer available to hunters.^[3]

References

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^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 76. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
^ "Cook River Trout Fishing (Weheka River)". New Zealand Fly Fishing for Trout and Salmon. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Fox Glacier to Karangarua". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

External links

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v t e Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Dampier Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Mount Haast Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak The Minarets Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Torres Peak Mount Vancouver
Mountain passes	Copland Pass
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier
Lakes	Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Wahapo
Rivers	Balfour River Callery River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Douglas River Fox River Hinatua River Karangarua River Ōmoeroa River Ōkārito River Ruera River Strauchon River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waitangitāhuna River
Lagoons	Ōkārito Lagoon
Walking tracks	Copland Track Roberts Point Track
Huts	Chancellor Hut
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Te Wahipounamu Waiau Glacier Coast Marine Reserve
Events	2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

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