Balclutha, New Zealand established a ferry service across the Clutha in 1857; as a result the town was initially called Clutha Ferry. The Māori name for the area is Iwikatea, literally "Bleached bones" (a local Māori tribal battle in 1750 left the decomposing bodies of the defeated, their bones whitened in the sun). The Clutha River flows through the town. It is the largest river in New Zealand by volume of water, and the country's second longest after the Waikato. It provides the town with various recreational facilities, including fishing (brown trout), water skiing and power boating. The most prominent structure in the
Little River (New Zealand) Little River (New Zealand) The Little River is a tributary of Rakaia River, about long, in the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand's South Island. It rises on the Mount Hutt and enters the Rakaia above sea level. Little River is also the name of a short river, roughly , on Stewart Island, about a 2-hour walk from Oban. Wairewa marae, a "marae" (tribal meeting ground) of Ngāi Tahu and its Wairewa Rūnanga branch, is located at Little River. It includes Te Mako "wharenui" (meeting house). MainPower’s Cleardale power station, was built in 2010. It takes up to /second through a