List of lakes of New Zealand
Largest
Lakes with a surface area of more than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

List of lakes of New Zealand

Section Title: Largest
Table Section Text: Lakes with a surface area of more than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

Rank	Name	Surface area	Region	Notes

1	Lake Taupo	616 km2 (238 sq mi)	Waikato	Largest lake in New Zealand and the North Island, largest freshwater lake in Oceania

2	Lake Te Anau	344 km2 (133 sq mi)	Southland	Largest lake in the South Island

3	Lake Wakatipu	291 km2 (112 sq mi)	Otago

4	Lake Wanaka	192 km2 (74 sq mi)	Otago

5=	Lake Ellesmere	180 km2 (69 sq mi)	Canterbury

5=	Te Whanga Lagoon	180 km2 (69 sq mi)	Chatham Island	Largest lake outside the North and South Islands

7	Lake Pukaki	179 km2 (69 sq mi)	Canterbury

8	Lake Manapouri	142 km2 (55 sq mi)	Southland	Contains largest inland island within New Zealand, Pomona Island

9	Lake Hāwea	141 km2 (54 sq mi)	Otago

10	Lake Tekapo	83 km2 (32 sq mi)	Canterbury

11	Lake Rotorua	79 km2 (31 sq mi)	Bay of Plenty

12	Lake Wairarapa	78 km2 (30 sq mi)	Wellington

13	Lake Benmore	75 km2 (29 sq mi)	Canterbury/Otago	Largest artificial lake in New Zealand

14	Lake Hauroko	63 km2 (24 sq mi)	Southland	New Zealand's deepest lake

15	Lake Ohau	63 km2 (24 sq mi)	Canterbury

16	Lake Waikaremoana	54 km2 (21 sq mi)	Hawke's Bay

17	Lake Coleridge	47 km2 (18 sq mi)	Canterbury

18	Lake Poteriteri	43 km2 (17 sq mi)	Southland	Largest lake in New Zealand without road access

19	Lake Brunner	40 km2 (15 sq mi)	West Coast

20	Lake Tarawera	39 km2 (15 sq mi)	Bay of Plenty

21	Lake Rotoiti	35 km2 (14 sq mi)	Bay of Plenty

22	Lake Waikare	34 km2 (13 sq mi)	Waikato

23	Lake Monowai	31 km2 (12 sq mi)	Southland

24	Lake Aviemore	29 km2 (11 sq mi)	Canterbury	Artificial

25	Lake McKerrow	28 km2 (11 sq mi)	Southland

26	Lake Dunstan	26 km2 (10 sq mi)	Otago	Artificial

27	Lake Kaniere	22 km2 (8.5 sq mi)	West Coast

28=	Lake Omapere	14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)	Northland

28=	Lake Sumner	14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)	Canterbury

30	Lake Rotoaira	13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)	Waikato

31=	Ōkārito Lagoon	12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)	West Coast

31=	Lake Ohakuri	12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)	Waikato	Artificial

33	Lake Rotoma	11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)	Bay of Plenty

+8 other lakes	>10 km²

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Lake Hauroko is New Zealand's deepest lake.

final_sentence: Lake Hauroko is New Zealand's deepest lake.