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Kōrero: Waikato places

Lake Ngāroto

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Lake Ngāroto

Lake Ngāroto, one of Waikato’s largest peat lakes, is popular for water sports. It is encircled by a walking track. The water quality, which has suffered from run-off from farming, is being improved through plantings of native vegetation around the lake’s edge.

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by Dave Owen

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Te Awamutu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27318/lake-ngaroto (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.