The Whenuakura River is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows south from its origins northeast of Lake Rotorangi and reaches the coast five kilometres southeast of Patea.

• List of rivers of New Zealand

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

39°47′S 174°31′E / 39.783°S 174.517°E / -39.783; 174.517