Pūkio Stream

Pūkio Stream
Location of the mouth within New Zealand
Physical characteristics
SourceThe Candlesticks
 • locationSouthern Alps
MouthEsk River
 • location
Canterbury, New Zealand
 • coordinates
43°00′11″S 172°03′09″E / 43.003035°S 172.052632°E / -43.003035; 172.052632

Pūkio Stream, formerly Nigger Stream until 2016, is a river in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. It flows from The Candlesticks range of the Southern Alps to the Esk River. The underfit stream cuts through terraces of glacial outwash gravels in its course, culminating in a 120-metre-deep (400 ft) incised gorge near to its confluence with the Esk.

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