The Oakura River, or Ōākuramatapū, is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island.

It flows north from the slopes of Taranaki/Mount Egmont, veering northwest before reaching the Tasman Sea at Oakura, southwest of New Plymouth.

On this way it goes by Ōakura and the historical Oakura Pa.[1] "Place name detail: Oakura River".

Land Information New Zealand.

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