New Zealand Lakes

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+Volcanic Lakes	+Lake Pukaki	+Rotorua Lakes	+Lake Taupo
+Lake Hawea	+Lake Wanaka	+Lake Manapouri	+Lake Wakatipu
Lake Brunner	Lake Te Anau	Lake Tekapo	Lake Waitaki

Most New Zealand lakes are situated in New Zealand's South Island. The largest lake on this island is Lake Te Anau (342 square kilometers/132 square miles).

The largest lake in New Zealand is situated in the central North Island, and is called Lake Taupo (600 square kilometers). Lake Taupo is really the crater of a super volcano and holds the record for the biggest eruption in the last 5000 years. Previous to that, Lake Taupo has had much bigger eruptions and was once a conical volcano that blew itself apart and formed the lake we see today.

The Rotorua area in the North Island is a hot spot for lakes. There are over 30 lakes, some of them contain thermal hotspots and activity.

New Zealand's deepest lake is Lake Hauroko (462m). It is the 16th deepest lake in the world.

New Zealand has 775 lakes (that are at least 0.5 kilometres long). Lakes cover about 1.3% of the land area.

The Maori word for lake is ‘roto’, and many lake names start with this. Some examples are: Rotoiti (small lake), Rotoroa (long lake), Rotomanu (lake of birds) and Rotomahana (warm lake).

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