The TÃÂkou River (sometimes Takau, and, in its upper reaches, fed by the TÃÂkou Stream) is a river of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally east from its sources east of Kaeo to reach the Pacific Ocean at TÃÂkou Bay, north of Kerikeri.
The river is about long. Its main tributary is the Hikurua River. TÃÂkou River is an official name, gazetted on 29 July 1948. Over two-thirds of the catchment is pasture, with native forest reduced to 14.2% and regenerating manuka, kÃÂnuka and other native trees covering about 6.1% of it. Phosphorus and e. coli pollute the river. The original bush was felled in the 1890s, when timber was floated down the river.