L36343

Lake ID36343 is shaped like a fish and located next to Lake ID34599 near the coastal town of Te Awanga, to the east Havelock North.

L34599 (Round Lake)

Lake ID34599 is located next to Lake ID36343 near the coastal town of Te Awanga, to the east Havelock North.

Horseshoe Lake (Hawke’s Bay)

Horseshoe Lakes is a small lake located to the east of the Tukituki River, on the Mangarara Station, south of Havelock North in Central Hawkes Bay. The lake is a wildlife reserve. The lake used to be a horseshoe shape with a peninsula but has since been dammed and become a ring lake due to […]

Lake Whatumā / Lake Hatuma

Lake Whatumā is an oval shaped shallow lake of some 160 hectares, with an additional adjacent wetland margin (76 hectares), which is in a degraded state. The catchment is prone to flooding and so its water levels are now managed artificially by a weir (www.hbrc.govt.nz). In summer, when lake levels are low, the lake suffers […]

Kaweka Lake 2

The Kaweka Lakes, also known as the Kuripapango Lakes of the Twin Lakes, are located in Kaweka Forest Park to the east of Mt Kuripapango. The lakes were formed many thousands of years ago as a result of the damming of 2 streams by debris from a massive slip off Mt Kuripapango. Only the slightly […]

Kaweka Lake 1

The Kaweka Lakes, also known as the Kuripapango Lakes or the Twin Lakes, are located in Kaweka Forest Park to the east of Mt Kuripapango. The lakes were formed many thousands of years ago as a result of the damming of 2 streams by debris from a massive slip off Mt Kuripapango. Only the slightly […]

Lake Kaikiore

Lake Kaikiore is one of the Tiniroto Lakes (meaning many lakes in Māori), located near Gisborne. Lake Kaikiore is close to Lake Karangata making up the wetlands area of the Hackfalls Station Arboratum. This comprises of mainly exotic species, of note a collection of some 50 different taxa of Mexican oaks. There are a number […]

Lake Waihau

Lake Waihau is one of the Tiniroto group of lakes and is situated to the east of Lake Kaikereru on the northern side of Ruakaka Road. The lake is 10.1 ha in area and is steep sided. In 2017 NIWA reported an unusually large population of At Risk Recovering dabchick (Poliocephalus rufopectus) (NIWA, 2017).

Lake Kaikereru

Lake Kaikereru is one of the Tiniroto group of lakes and is situated to the northern side of Ruakaka Road to the west of Lake Waihau and the Waihau homestead. The lake is fenced to exclude livestock and is 7 ha in area. In 2017 native grass swamp millet (Isachne globosa) were common within raupo […]

Lake Karangata

Lake Karangata is one of the Tiniroto group of lakes and is situated amongst the Hackfalls Arboretum. The lake is 10.1 ha in area and is surrounded by many exotic species and grasslands.

Lake Rotokaha

Lake Rotokaha (also known as The Tinitroto Lake) is one of the Tiniroto group of lakes found near the inland road from Gisbourne to Wairoa. The lake lies to the northern side of Tiniroto Road near the Tiniroto township.

Karere Lagoon

Lake Karere is situated at Tiakitahuna, between the Manawatū river and State Highway 56. It is one of the many ox-bow lakes along the banks of the Manawatū River (manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz). Karere Lagoon is an important bird habitat (www.mdc.govt.nz).

Lake Alice

Lake Alice is a small coastal lake situated on private land approximately 7 kilometres south west of Marton. The lake has high nitrogen and phosphorus levels, but E. coli and chlorophyll a levels are low. The lake contains brown mudfish. Horizons Regional Council initiated quarterly water quality monitoring (Trophic Level Index) of the lake in […]

Lake Heaton

Lake Heaton is a coastal lake situated north west of Bulls, on private land. The lake has elevated levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and chlorophyll a and is classed as Hypertrophic. Horizons Regional Council undertakes quarterly water quality monitoring sampling (Trophic Level Index) on the lake (www.lawa.org.nz).

Voss Lagoon

Voss Lagoon is categorized as a low priority wetland by the Horizons Regional Council (www.horizons.govt.nz).