Lake Rotokawau (Aupouri Peninsula)
Lake Rotokawau is near Rotokawau Road, off State Highway 1 North of Kaitaia. The lake catchment is predominately pasture (70%), scrub (30%) and planted forest. The lake itself has no major inflows or outflow. The Bushland Trust, working with the Department of Conservation and Northland Regional Council is undertaking restoration at Lake Rotokawau, as well as other nearby dune lakes, such as Lake Heather, Lake Rotoroa, Lake Ngatu, Lake Gem and Lake Ngakapua. Etymology. In Māori, "rotokawau" means "cormorant lake" ("roto" = lake, "kawau" = cormorant).