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Lake Hauroko

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Lake Hauroko

Kayakers paddle on a calm Lake Hauroko, at 462 metres New Zealand’s deepest lake, in the southern part of Fiordland National Park.

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Destination Fiordland

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David Grant, Southland places – Fiordland’s lakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20226/lake-hauroko (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.