Story: Lakes

New Zealand’s largest lakes

These are the 15 largest lakes in New Zealand.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: R. H. Spigel and A. B. Viner. ‘Lakes.’ In Waters of New Zealand, edited by M. Paul Mosley, 305–334. Wellington: New Zealand Hydrological Society, 1992.

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Simon Nathan, Lakes – New Zealand lakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/11800/new-zealands-largest-lakes (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

Gary Larson
16 January 2014

Gone through all your pages and cannot find bullet that gives me a site where I can find Rotorua depth chart. Please give me a hint where I can find this information. Thank you, Gary Larson