List of lakes of New Zealand
This list includes the lakes in New Zealand including artificial reservoirs. After a list of the area 's largest and deepest lakes follows the ordered by region List of all lakes. New Zealand has 775 lakes with at least 500 meters in length, covering a total of 1.3 % of the land mass of New Zealand.
- 4.1 Tasman
- 4.2 Marlborough
- 4.3 West Coast
- 4.4 Canterbury
- 4.5 Otago
- 4.6 Southland
- 5.1 Chatham Islands
- 5.2 Kermadec Islands
30 largest lakes area of New Zealand
Deepest lakes in New Zealand
- Hauroko Lake - 462 m
- Lake Manapouri - 444 m
- Lake Te Anau - 417 m
- Lake Hawea - 392 m
- Lake Wakatipu - 380 m
All these lakes are located on the South Island, the deepest lake in the North Island is the 248 m deep Lake Waikaremoana
Lakes in the North Island
Northland
Auckland
Many of the lakes are reservoirs in the catchment area of Auckland Waitakere Ranges and Hunua, which are used for water supply of New Zealand.
Waikato
Bay of Plenty
Gisborne
Hawke 's Bay
Taranaki
Manawatu -Wanganui
Wellington
South Island
Tasman
Marlborough
West Coast
Canterbury
Otago
Southland
Other islands
Not included are the lakes in the Ross Dependency, New Zealand on the internationally unrecognized claims rises.