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
Blackwater River (New Zealand) of Ikamatua. It joins with the similar-sized Snowy River 100 metres before its junction with the Māwheraiti. () Blackwater River (New Zealand) Blackwater River is the name of three rivers in the northwestern South Island of New Zealand, one flowing into the Mangles River, one into the Buller River between Westport and Inangahua Junction (named due to the dark coloured waters the Māori discovered), and one into the Māwheraiti (Little Grey) River. All three rivers are within a few kilometres of each other, to the south and east of Westport. The easternmost of the three Blackwater Rivers flows due north