text: Oparau River
  
  The Oparau River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southwest from its sources in the Pirongia Forest Park and flows into the Kawhia Harbour  east of Kawhia.
  
  The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives translations of "place of many fortified villages" or "place of falsehood" for Ōparau.
  
  See also
  List of rivers of New Zealand
  
  References
  
  Category:Rivers of Waikato
  Category:Rivers of New Zealand