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List of lakes of New Zealand

This is a list of lakes in New Zealand.

A lake's location is identified by the region and either the territorial authorityornational park (N.P.).

There are:

• 43 lakes with a surface area larger than 10 km² (1000 ha)
• 231 lakes greater than 0.5 km² (50 ha)
• 3822 lakes greater than 0.01 km² (1 ha)

Lakes with a surface area of more than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

Maximum depth and average depth in metres:

• Lake Hauroko: 462 and ~117.
• Lake Manapouri: 444 and 149.
• Lake Te Anau: 425 and ~169.
• Lake Wakatipu: 420 and 130.
• Lake Hāwea: 392 and ~101.
• Lake Wānaka: ~311 and 99.

These six lakes are all in the South Island. The deepest lake in the North Island is Lake Waikaremoana, which has a depth of 256 m.^[1]

The following lakes are located in the Northland Region.

The following lakes are located in the Auckland Region.

Many of the lakes in the Auckland Region are man made reservoirs, constructed in the hilly catchment areas of the Waitakere and Hunua ranges in order to provide a water supply for the Auckland urban area.

The following lakes are located in the Waikato region. The various pools of the Tongariro River system, as listed below, can be found in detail on their own page at Pools of the Tongariro River.