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Te Anau

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Te Anau

The town of Te Anau sits on a promontory of flat land where the Upukerora River flows into Lake Te Anau. This view looks north towards the Murchison and Stuart mountains.

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David Grant, Southland places – Fiordland’s lakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20221/te-anau (accessed 4 June 2026).

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