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The Waiau River crosses the Hanmer Plain in North Canterbury, New Zealand.

There is a Maori legend associated with this river and the Clarence River. According to the story the Waiau-uha (Waiau) and the Waiau-toa (Clarence) were respectively male and female spirit lovers living in the Spenser Mountains. For some reason they were transformed into rivers, the sources of which were not far apart. When warm rains melted the snows and caused floods, it was said that the parted lovers were lamenting and that the rivers were swollen with their tears. (TeAra Encyclopedia)
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