Episode 2845
Waihemo / Shag River
Sun, 2025-Feb-16 00:33 UTC
Length - 2:14
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Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.
The random article for Sunday, 16 February 2025 is Waihemo / Shag River.
The Waihemo / Shag River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It rises in the Kakanui Range, flowing southeast for 75 km (47 mi), or 50 kilometres (31 mi) before reaching the Pacific Ocean on the south side of Shag Point / Matakaea, 7.5 km (4.7 mi) east of Palmerston. The Dunback Branch railway that operated from the 1880s to 1989 largely followed the route of the river from its junction with the Main South Line near Shag Point township to its terminus in Dunback.
The small- to medium-sized river has been adversely affected over the past decades by farming practices in the area. Much of its length is overgrown with willows, and during the summer its flow can become significantly reduced.
In 1985, the name of the river was gazetted by Land Information New Zealand as Shag River (Waihemo). In August 2021, the name was officially amended to Waihemo / Shag River.
Waihemo means a 'river that has gone away' or 'dwindled'. Early whalers named the river after the common seabird.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:33 UTC on Sunday, 16 February 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Waihemo / Shag River on Wikipedia.
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