No doubt many of them, for the Maori name for water is wai, and it is often the prefix in the name.
Wanaka, Wakatipu, Waihola, Waipori, Waitaki, (the last two are man made), are a few local ones (to me) that spring to mind.
More than 3800 lakes in New Zealand have an area greater than 1 hectare.
There are 3,820 lakes in new zealand with a surface area larger than one hectare. the biggest ones include:TaupoTe AnauWakatipuWanakaTekapoWaikeremoana
to the lakes
Four of the large lakes of New Zealand include Lake Taupo, Lake Te Anau, Lake Wakatipu, and Lake Wanaka.
There are nearly 4,000 lakes. The link below gives you the names etc.
Lake Hauroko which is 462 meters. The deepest lakes are the group of lakes in Fiordland, which have been sculpted by glacial action. In Wikipedia there is a list of lakes in New Zealand, and a sub-section listing the deepest.
All of New Zealand has easy access to water, both salt and fresh. One cannot get more than 80-odd km from the sea in New Zealand, and the North Island has many (volcanic) lakes, whilst the South Island has even more (Glacier-created) lakes. There are many large rivers as well.
Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand.
· Stratford is a town in New Zealand
Blenheim is a town in New Zealand
5 aircraft in fleet, but Air new Zealand is starting to faze them out and replace them with B777-300's.
A native New Zealand flightless bird starting with W is the Weka.