[Rakaia River: Rises on the Southern Alps (Whitcombe Pass) and flows south-eastwards across the plains to enter Canterbury Bight south of Banks Peninsula. (152 km long). Rakaia River mouth- Ellesmere County. Rakaia Gorge -opposite Mount Hutt Range and Windwhistle, Hororata. 12.8 km from Lake Coleridge. NZMS1: S72/73/74/82/93].