Rangitikei River near Bulls. The Rangitikei River is one of New Zealand's longest rivers. Its headwaters are to the southeast of Lake Taupo in the Kaimanawa Ranges and its outflow is into the Tasman Sea 40 kilometres southeast of Wanganui.
The river flows for 185 kilometres from the Central Plateau southward past Mangaweka, Taihape, Hunterville, Marton, and Bulls, to the South Taranaki Bight at Tangimoana.
Part of the river was used as the setting for the Anduin River in Peter Jackson's movie dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings. Its vertical cliffs are of a type rare in New Zealand.
The river gives its name to the surrounding Rangitikei District.
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