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Lake Whakatipu is renowned for its scenic beauty, being surrounded by mountains. The Remarkables mountain range lies along its southeastern edge. It is a popular venue for adventure tourism, with skifields, paragliding, bungy jumping and tramping tracks within easy reach.

Lake William is a small coastal dune lake located within the Rangitīkei River catchment. In 2015, Horizons Regional Council commenced quarterly water quality monitoring of the lake by helicopter. In 2015, NIWA assessed the ecological condition of the lake using Submerged Plant Indicators (LakeSPI) a...

Lake Wiritoa is a deep coastal dune lake located within the Whanganui River catchment and is popular for water skiing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming and fishing. In 2014 Horizons Regional Council commenced water quality monitoring by boat on a quarterly basis (monthly since 2019). In 2001 an...

Lambies Stream is a small lake-fed stream that flows from Lake Clearwater  and meanders through a series of wetlands. It is a tributary of the South Branch of the Ashburton River.  Lambies Stream is monitored for water quality and aquatic ecosystem health just upstream of Ashburton Gorge Road.

This site is located in the upper catchment and has very good water quality. Most surface water takes from the Lindis River are located between here and Ardgour Road.

Loch Katrine / Waitetemoroiti is a small high country lake, located in the upper Hurunui River catchment. This lake is monitored for water quality in the centre of the lake, during the summer months. State and trends may not be displayed on this page due to limited sampling frequency. But the availa...

The Lower Aparima groundwater zone extends across the lower portion of the Aparima River catchment, incorporating 34,326 hectares.

The Lower Clutha Rohe covers over 4,000 km2. It includes the Pomahaka catchment and several other river catchments that feed the Clutha River/Mata-Au including the Waitahuna, Waiwera and Tuapeka catchments, and smaller tributaries. The rohe also includes Lake Tuakitoto, a small shallow lake with an...

The Central Lower Hutt air quality site is located on the eastern side of the Hutt River, in Phil Evans Reserve near the Waterloo train station. The site was established in 2001 and measures the quality indicator PM10.

The Lower Oreti groundwater zone encompasses the recent floodplain of the Oreti River south of Ram Hill and covers 41,155 hectares..

The Luggate Creek Catchment is 121 km2 and the river extends for approximately 20 km. The catchment is mainly extensive sheep grazing. The water quality monitoring site is at the bottom of the catchment before Luggate Creek enters the Clutha River Mata/Au. Water quality is generally good.

This is the lower of two water quality monitoring sites on the Mahurangi River. This site less is than 1km from the estuary and has an upstream catchment of 4,844ha.While the site is located within the Warkworth township, the upstream catchment is predominantly rural.