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Lake Te Anau: 344 km 2 (133 sq mi) Southland: Largest lake in the South Island, Second largest in New Zealand 2: Lake Wakatipu: 291 km 2 (112 sq mi) Otago: 3: Lake Wānaka: 192 km 2 (74 sq mi) Otago: 4: Lake Pukaki: 179 km 2 (69 sq mi) Canterbury: 5: Lake Manapouri: 142 km 2 (55 sq mi) Southland: 6: Lake Hāwea: 141 km 2 (54 sq mi) Otago: 7 ...
The town was renamed "Pembroke" within a month of the surveyor returning his books to Dunedin. It reverted to "Wanaka" on 1 September 1940, to reduce confusion between the names of the town and the lake. [21] The official name of the lake was updated from "Lake Wanaka" to "Lake Wānaka" in 2019, [2] and the town's name to "Wānaka" in 2021. [22]
In 1989, Arrowtown Borough Council amalgamated with Queenstown-Lakes District Council in the 1989 local government reforms. The district is administered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and regionally by the Otago Regional Council. The Queenstown Lakes District is expected to grow faster than Auckland over the period 2006–31.
A Kāti Māmoe settlement at the site of modern Wānaka was named Para karehu. [7]The area was invaded by the Ngāi Tahu in the early 18th century. [7] Ngāi Tahu visited annually, seeking greenstone in the mountains above the Haast River and hunting eels and birds over summer, then returning to the east coast by descending the Clutha River in reed boats called mōkihi.
Looking across Temuka and the Canterbury Plains toward the Southern Alps. Lake Tekapo, with Aoraki / Mount Cook and the Southern Alps in the background. South Canterbury is the area of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand bounded by the Rangitata River in the north and the Waitaki River (the border with the Otago Region) to the south.
That Wānaka Tree, also known as the That Wānaka Willow or That One Tree, is the nickname of a willow tree located at the southern end of Lake Wānaka in the Otago region of New Zealand. The tree grows alone in the water and is a popular destination for tourists to take Instagram photos.
Mou Waho is a 120-hectare island in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand. [1] It is around the same size as the nearby Mou Tapu, these two islands being the largest in the lake.The island contains a small recursive lake, called Arethusa Pool: a glacial-scoured lake formed by the most recent ice age on an island, in a lake on an island.
The only flat land around the lake is at its southern end, surrounding its outflow into the Hāwea River, a short tributary of the Clutha / Matau-au, which it joins near Albert Town. The settlement of Lake Hāwea is found at the lake's southern shore. The lake is a popular resort, well used in the summer for fishing, boating and swimming.