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
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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 Ruataniwha is a lake in New Zealand not far from Twizel. It is in New Zealand's South Island in the Mackenzie District.
There are three types of lake in New Zealand. In the North Island, the natural lakes are largely volcanic, and there are a number of man-made lakes used for electricity production. In the South Island, the natural lakes are mainly glacial created, and there are also a number of hydro electric lakes as well. A list of NZ lakes is kept by NIWA.cri.nz, and a similar list is in Wiki.
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.
Taupo is by far the largest, but others include Lakes Wakatipu, Wanaka, Rotorua, Hawea and Ohau.
The community of Forest Lakes is located in the state of Arizona, close to the Mogollon Rim. It is not to be confused with the Forest Lakes Campsite, located in New Zealand.
Lake WanakaLake WakatipuLake Waikaremoana
There are numerous lakes in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The largest lake in the Waikato, as well as New Zealand, is Lake Taupo. Regions in New Zealand are based of river catchments, and as Lake Taupo is drained by the Waikato River, it is part of Waikato. Other lakes include Lake Rotoroa in central Hamilton and eight artificial lakes on the Waikato River, including Lake Karapiro, the host of the 2010 Rowing World Championships. These are just some of the lakes; there are plenty more around the region.
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.