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Lake Wainamu is a popular recreational lake on the west coast of Auckland, situated in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. Lake Wainamu is a dune lake with a largely forested catchment (96% native forest/scrub). There is a walking track around the entire edge of the lake, and this is part of the muc...

Lake Wainamu is a popular recreational lake on the west coast of Auckland, situated between the Te Henga wetland and Bethells beach. The lake is a drowned valley blocked by a large dune of black iron sand at its western end and is surrounded by native bush and the Te Henga wetland. Lake Wainamu is l...

Lake Wanaka is a popular resort, and is much used in the summer for fishing, boating and swimming. The nearby mountains and fast-flowing rivers allow for adventure tourism year-round.

Lake Wanaka is a popular resort, and is much used in the summer for fishing, boating and swimming. The nearby mountains and fast-flowing rivers allow for adventure tourism year-round.

This lake (2627470E 6623010N) is a 4.7 ha lake, just a little over 5 m deep. The surrounding catchment is reserve with a refuse dump, some pasture and residential development. Access is by road but no power boating is permitted. It is used for contact recreation with distance swimming popular.

Lake Waro is a 4 hectare lake, just a little over 5 m deep and is located in the Waro Limestone Scenic Reserve near Hikurangi township. This site is part of Northland Regional Council's swimming water quality programme.

Water quality in Lake Whakatipu is excellent and water quality at Queenstown Bay is generally safe for recreational activities. Elevated bacteria levels can sometimes occur due to ducks congregating near the shore or after heavy rainfall. Horn Creek enters Queenstown Bay and on rainy days stormwater...

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...

Langs Beach is an exposed East Coast beach break popular for surfing, fishing, and swimming. The beach is located 11km south of Waipu township and can be accessed from Cove Road.

Meads Bridge and the Reserve upstream is 3km upstream of Wairoa at Irvines. There are popular swimming holes upstream of this site, as well as at the Lee Reserve downstream.

This site is located 5km east of Brightwater and about 1.5km upstream of Wairoa at Irvines

This site is located in the lower catchment and is one of the driest areas in New Zealand. In its lower reaches the Lindis River is of a braided alluvial nature. The river enters the Clutha River/Mata-Au about 6 km upstream of Lake Dunstan.