The Takiritawai River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. A short river of approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi), it flows from the confluence of the Okana and Okuti Rivers to feed the top of Lake Forsyth, at the southwest of Banks Peninsula.

• List of rivers of New Zealand

"Place name detail: Takiritawai River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

• Topographical map showing Takiritawai River

43°48′S 172°46′E / 43.800°S 172.767°E / -43.800; 172.767