Talk:Waikato River

Capitalisation
Is it correctly spelt with a capital or small r? Some rivers are capitalised, some aren't. I hope this was downsized for accurate reasons, not part of wiki's bizarre fascination with downcasing uppercased words and making a fool of itself. FearÉIREANN 05:03 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Should be Waikato River with capital R Tiles 05:20 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Heh. You are going to have establish a Capitalisation Guards to ensure this remains with a capital R. There are a bunch of lower-casing nutters on wiki. If they can try to make Prime Minister into Prime minister and Governor-General into Governor-general, (or rather Governors-General into Governor-generals!!!) they will try to lowercase anything. Guard this page! :-) FearÉIREANN 05:36 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Guard in place. There are spiritual values attached to the river and any assault on its mana could lead to dire consequences. Tiles 05:54 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Article needs expansion

 * 1994 - RMA, Waikato River Plan, concerns of Maori
 * warming of water by the Huntly Power Station
 * water source for Auckland and the assoc controversy
 * Conservation accord important for Waikato-Tainui
 * Should the Waikato River Trails, under construction along the river, be mentioned?  Schwede 66  23:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Cause/timing of diversion from Firth of Thames
"The present course of the river was largely formed by the large volcanic eruption from the Lake Taupo volcanic complex 1800 years ago. The large outflow of volcanic debris blocked the old channel ...". Contradicted by http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/waikato-region/2. Nurg (talk) 01:48, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Mangatangi River
Does such a river exist, or should Template:Waikato show the Mangatangi Stream instead? The stream/river is about 40km long, which is a fair length for a river. The 1:50,000 map shows it as a Stream, but LAWA calls it a River, as does Regional Council in documents on swimming and flow, but not in the catchment management plan. Other references to River are on Te Awa, RNZ, District Council, National Library, the local historical group and a Ratification Information Booklet. Are there precedents elsewhere on Wikipedia where the sources seem divided on the name of a waterway? Johnragla (talk) 02:50, 21 November 2017 (UTC)