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Lake Manapōuri

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Lake Manapōuri

Lake Manapōuri became renowned among European New Zealanders as one the country’s most beautiful lakes. This idealised picture of ‘Manawapouri’ dates from 1902.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-1902-01-03

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Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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David Grant, Southland places – Fiordland’s lakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/20222/lake-manapouri (accessed 4 June 2026).

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