Rakaia River Wikipedia
The Rakaia River is in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand s South Island The Rakaia River is one of the largest braided rivers in New Zealand The Rakaia River has a mean flow of 203 cubic metres per second 7 200 cu ft s and a mean annual seven day low flow of 87 m 3 s 3 100 cu ft s In the 1850s European settlers named it the Cholmondeley River but this name lapsed into disuse