It flows northwest from its source in the Remutaka Range 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Lower Hutt to join the Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River near Kaitoke.

In December 2019, the approved official geographic name of the river was gazetted as "Pākuratahi River".

[1] The river formed part of a trail used by Māori linking Wellington Harbour and the Wairarapa over the Remutaka Range.

[2] "Place name detail: Pakuratahi River".

This article about a river in the Wellington Region is a stub.