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Lake Pūkaki

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Lake Pūkaki

Lake Pūkaki, with Aoraki/Mt Cook in the left background. The lake is part of the Waitaki hydroelectricity system, and rises and falls according to demand for water, snow melt and rainfall.

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John Wilson, South Canterbury region – Landscape and geology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11297/lake-pukaki (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.