Henley, New Zealand

Henley is a township on New Zealand's Taieri Plains, named after the rowing centre Henley-on-Thames in England.

[1] It lies close to the confluence of the Taieri and Waipori Rivers at the eastern edge of the plain, at the foot of a low range of coastal hills.

A pre-European Maori settlement lay to the south of Henley, close to the Taieri River.

SH1 is built on top of the bank that divides the larger Henley area, known as "The flood-free highway".

Contributing factors to this were already full wetlands at Lake Waihola with the Taieri and Waipori Rivers both draining into this area.