Hūnua Falls
The Hūnua Falls are on the Wairoa [River |Wairoa River] in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, near Hūnua. The land around was bought by Auckland for water supplies between 1940 and 1960. The mean flow of water downstream at Clevedon is, but can vary greatly, as illustrated in .
Natural features
The Wairoa River falls over a basalt lava plug which has intruded up a fault line. Volcanic tuff rings and lava bombs are visible in the east wall of the waterfall.Several herbs have been identified near the falls - water starwort, Crassula hunua, water pennywort, wood-sorrel.
The Wairoa has smaller falls. Lily Falls were described as high and downstream from Hūnua, in the Wairoa Gorge. A appeared in 1901.