Island: South Island

  • 17 December, 2021
    Lake Hāwea stretches 35 kilometres from north to south. It lies in a glacial valley formed during the last ice…
  • 17 December, 2021
    Lake Te Ana-au (Te Anau) lies in the south west of South Island New Zealand (www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas). The lake is the…
  • 16 December, 2021
    Moturau is the correct Māori name for Lake Manapōuri. Manapōuri is the name for Shallow Bay in the eastern part…
  • 16 December, 2021
    Lake Wānaka, New Zealand's fourth-largest lake, lies in a u-shaped valley formed by glacial erosion during the last ice age…
  • 16 December, 2021
    Lake Ōhau is a glacial lake in Te Manahuna (the Mackenzie Basin), fed by Te Awa Aruhe (Hopkins River) and…
  • 10 December, 2021
    Lake Pukaki is a large glacial fed lake located between Tekapo and Twizel. Aoraki / Mount Cook towers above the…
  • 10 December, 2021
    Takapō (Lake Tekapo) is a large glacial fed lake located near the Lake Tekapo township on the north edge of…
  • 15 June, 2021
    Lake Rotoroa is the larger of the two large glacial lakes in Nelson Lakes National Park. The lakes were formed…
  • 28 May, 2021
    The glacially carved Whakamatau (Lake Coleridge) is located north of the Rakaia River in the Canterbury high country. Whakamatau was…
  • 10 May, 2021
    Te Whanga Lagoon is the largest waterbody on Chatham Island and is prized for its recreation and food gathering values,…