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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of
lagoons
of New Zealand.
Lagoons
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(
April 2024
)
Lagoon
Location
Region
Area (ha)
Outflow
Coordinates
Ahuriri Lagoon
(former lagoon)‡
Napier
Hawke's Bay
4,000
Pacific Ocean
39°28′00″S
176°52′00″E
/
39.46667°S 176.86667°E
/
-39.46667; 176.86667
Aotea Lagoon
Porirua
Wellington
5
Tasman Sea
41°07′12″S
174°51′25″E
/
41.12000°S 174.85694°E
/
-41.12000; 174.85694
Big Lagoon
Cloudy Bay
Marlborough
Pacific Ocean
41°33′00″S
174°06′00″E
/
41.55000°S 174.10000°E
/
-41.55000; 174.10000
Bluff Harbour
Bluff
Southland
Foveaux Strait
46°35′30″S
168°20′00″E
/
46.59167°S 168.33333°E
/
-46.59167; 168.33333
Brooklands Lagoon
Waimakariri River
mouth
Canterbury
270
Pacific Ocean
43°24′50″S
172°42′25″E
/
43.41389°S 172.70694°E
/
-43.41389; 172.70694
Lake Brunton
Awarua Plain
Southland
Pacific Ocean
46°39′10″S
168°53′20″E
/
46.65278°S 168.88889°E
/
-46.65278; 168.88889
Coopers Lagoon / Muriwai
Mid-Canterbury
Canterbury
2
Pacific Ocean
43°51′30″S
172°18′00″E
/
43.85833°S 172.30000°E
/
-43.85833; 172.30000
Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora
Selwyn River
mouth
Canterbury
19,781
Pacific Ocean
43°48′00″S
172°25′00″E
/
43.80000°S 172.41667°E
/
-43.80000; 172.41667
Lake Forsyth / Waiwera
Banks Peninsula
Canterbury
628
Pacific Ocean
43°48′20″S
172°44′25″E
/
43.80556°S 172.74028°E
/
-43.80556; 172.74028
Lake Grassmere / Kapara Te Hau
Clifford Bay
Marlborough
1,700
Pacific Ocean
41°44′00″S
174°10′00″E
/
41.73333°S 174.16667°E
/
-41.73333; 174.16667
Hawksbury Lagoon
Waikouaiti
Otago
51
Pacific Ocean
45°36′20″S
170°40′25″E
/
45.60556°S 170.67361°E
/
-45.60556; 170.67361
Kaikorai Lagoon
Waldronville
Otago
Pacific Ocean
45°55′00″S
170°23′50″E
/
45.91667°S 170.39722°E
/
-45.91667; 170.39722
Kiriwai Lagoon
Arm of
Lake Ōnoke
Wellington
Lake Ōnoke
41°22′55″S
175°06′10″E
/
41.38194°S 175.10278°E
/
-41.38194; 175.10278
Lake Kohangapiripiri
Pencarrow Head
Wellington
Cook Strait
41°21′30″S
174°51′30″E
/
41.35833°S 174.85833°E
/
-41.35833; 174.85833
Lake Kohangatera
Pencarrow Head
Wellington
17
Cook Strait
41°22′00″S
174°52′00″E
/
41.36667°S 174.86667°E
/
-41.36667; 174.86667
Māngere Lagoon
Manukau Harbour
Auckland
Manukau Harbour
36°57′25″S
174°46′40″E
/
36.95694°S 174.77778°E
/
-36.95694; 174.77778
Maungawhio Lagoon
Māhia Peninsula
Hawke's Bay
Pacific Ocean
39°04′00″S
177°53′00″E
/
39.06667°S 177.88333°E
/
-39.06667; 177.88333
Ngamotu Lagoon
Wairoa
Hawke's Bay
Pacific Ocean
39°03′30″S
177°26′30″E
/
39.05833°S 177.44167°E
/
-39.05833; 177.44167
Ohuia Lagoon
Wairoa
Hawke's Bay
Pacific Ocean
39°03′00″S
177°28′45″E
/
39.05000°S 177.47917°E
/
-39.05000; 177.47917
Ōkari Lagoon
Buller District
West Coast
Tasman Sea
41°50′00″S
171°28′00″E
/
41.83333°S 171.46667°E
/
-41.83333; 171.46667
Ōkārito Lagoon
Westland District
West Coast
3,240
Tasman Sea
43°12′00″S
170°13′00″E
/
43.20000°S 170.21667°E
/
-43.20000; 170.21667
Lake Ōnoke
Palliser Bay
Wellington
6,300
Cook Strait
41°23′00″S
175°08′00″E
/
41.38333°S 175.13333°E
/
-41.38333; 175.13333
Orokonui Lagoon
Waitati
Otago
Pacific Ocean
45°45′10″S
170°35′00″E
/
45.75278°S 170.58333°E
/
-45.75278; 170.58333
Saltwater Lagoon
Westland District
West Coast
Tasman Sea
43°06′00″S
170°21′00″E
/
43.10000°S 170.35000°E
/
-43.10000; 170.35000
Te Paeroa Lagoon
Wairoa
Hawke's Bay
Pacific Ocean
39°03′00″S
177°31′00″E
/
39.05000°S 177.51667°E
/
-39.05000; 177.51667
Te Whanga Lagoon
Chatham Island
Chatham Islands
16,000
Pacific Ocean
43°52′00″S
176°28′00″W
/
43.86667°S 176.46667°W
/
-43.86667; -176.46667
Tomahawk Lagoon
Otago Peninsula
Otago
30
Pacific Ocean
45°54′05″S
170°32′35″E
/
45.90139°S 170.54306°E
/
-45.90139; 170.54306
Wainono Lagoon
South Canterbury
Canterbury
Pacific Ocean
44°42′00″S
171°09′00″E
/
44.70000°S 171.15000°E
/
-44.70000; 171.15000
Waipu Lagoons
Bell Block
Taranaki
2
Pacific Ocean
39°01′50″S
174°08′10″E
/
39.03056°S 174.13611°E
/
-39.03056; 174.13611
Wairau Lagoon
Wairoa
Hawke's Bay
Pacific Ocean
39°03′00″S
177°30′00″E
/
39.05000°S 177.50000°E
/
-39.05000; 177.50000
Waitahora Lagoon
Spirits Bay
Northland
Pacific Ocean
34°27′20″S
172°48′00″E
/
34.45556°S 172.80000°E
/
-34.45556; 172.80000
Waituna Lagoon
Awarua Plain
Southland
Foveaux Strait
46°34′00″S
168°35′25″E
/
46.56667°S 168.59028°E
/
-46.56667; 168.59028
Waiuna Lagoon
Westland District
West Coast
Tasman Sea
44°18′25″S
168°08′25″E
/
44.30694°S 168.14028°E
/
-44.30694; 168.14028
Washdyke Lagoon
Timaru
Canterbury
48
Pacific Ocean
44°21′50″S
171°15′10″E
/
44.36389°S 171.25278°E
/
-44.36389; 171.25278
Whairepo Lagoon
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington Harbour
41°17′20″S
174°46′45″E
/
41.28889°S 174.77917°E
/
-41.28889; 174.77917
Whakakī Lagoon
Wairoa
Hawke's Bay
40
Pacific Ocean
39°02′35″S
177°33′10″E
/
39.04306°S 177.55278°E
/
-39.04306; 177.55278
Wherowhero Lagoon
Poverty Bay
Gisborne
Pacific Ocean
38°44′00″S
177°56′00″E
/
38.73333°S 177.93333°E
/
-38.73333; 177.93333
‡ The bed of the
Ahuriri Lagoon
was raised by the
1931 Napier earthquake
, permanently draining the lagoon.
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