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Koru photoWe have photos from all over New Zealand that are available for use in photographic printing and digital media. To date, our photos have been used by companies, organisations and individuals from all over the world, for use in calendars, brochures, magazines, books, posters, business cards, websites, CDs, and Power Point presentations.
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Frying Pan Lake photoMost 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 Lake Taupo situated in the central North Island. It is 600 square kilometers and is really the crater of a super volcano. Once Taupo was a conical volcano. It blew itself apart and formed the lake we see today. Taupo holds the world record for the biggest eruption in the last 5000 years. Previous to that and in ancient times, Lake Taupo had a collosal eruption, the earth's biggest in the last 70,000 years.

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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