List of lagoons of New Zealand

This is a list of lagoons of New Zealand.

Lagoons

LagoonLocationRegionArea (ha)OutflowCoordinatesAhuriri Lagoon (former lagoon)‡NapierHawke's Bay 4,000 Pacific OceanAmberley Beach Lagoon Hurunui District Canterbury Pacific OceanAndersons Lagoon Near Palmerston Otago Pacific OceanAotea LagoonPoriruaWellington 5 Tasman SeaBig Lagoon (Marlborough) Cloudy BayMarlborough 800Pacific OceanBig Lagoon (Southland) Riverton / AparimaSouthland 32Foveaux StraitBluff HarbourBluffSouthland Foveaux StraitBrooklands LagoonWaimakariri River mouthCanterbury 270Pacific OceanLake BruntonAwarua PlainSouthland 25Pacific OceanChandlers Lagoon Section of Big LagoonMarlborough Pacific OceanCoopers Lagoon / MuriwaiMid-CanterburyCanterbury 2Pacific OceanLake Ellesmere / Te WaihoraSelwyn River mouthCanterbury 19,781Pacific OceanFive Mile Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaGlenorchy Lagoon Central OtagoOtago Lake WakatipuLake Forsyth / WaiweraBanks PeninsulaCanterbury 628Pacific OceanLake Grassmere / Kapara Te Hau Clifford BayMarlborough 1,700 Pacific OceanHawksbury Lagoon WaikouaitiOtago 51Pacific OceanHikimutu Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaKaikorai Lagoon WaldronvilleOtago 94Pacific OceanKaituna Lagoon Section of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora Canterbury Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora Kiriwai Lagoon Arm of Lake Ōnoke Wellington Lake ŌnokeLake Kohangapiripiri Pencarrow Head Wellington 11 Cook StraitLake Kohangatera Pencarrow Head Wellington 17Cook StraitLeithfield Beach Lagoon Hurunui District Canterbury Pacific OceanMāngere LagoonManukau HarbourAuckland Manukau HarbourMatatā Lagoon Matatā Bay of Plenty Bay of PlentyMaungawhio LagoonMāhia Peninsula Hawke's Bay 96Pacific OceanMimimoto Lagoon Hurunui District Canterbury Pacific OceanMoutere Inlet MotuekaTasman District 764Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-AorereNgamotu LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay Pacific OceanNew River EstuaryInvercargill Southland 4,100Foveaux StraitNormanby Lagoon Normanby Canterbury Pacific OceanOgilvie Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaOhuia LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay Pacific OceanŌkari Lagoon Buller DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaŌkārito Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast 3,240 Tasman SeaŌkupe Lagoon Kapiti Island Wellington Tasman SeaLake Ōnoke Palliser Bay Wellington 6,300Cook StraitŌrākei BasinRemueraAuckland Waitematā HarbourOrokonui Lagoon WaitatiOtago Pacific OceanOrowaiti Lagoon WestportWest Coast Tasman SeaPanmure BasinMount WellingtonAuckland Tāmaki RiverPatangata LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay 10Pacific OceanPleasant River estuary Waikouaiti Otago 220 Pacific OceanPōrangahau River mouth PōrangahauHawke's Bay 226Pacific OceanPororari Lagoon Grey DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaPukaki Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaRakaia Lagoon Rakaia River mouth Canterbury Pacific Ocean Rangitata River mouth Timaru and Ashburton Districts Canterbury Pacific Ocean Rotokare / Barrett LagoonNew PlymouthTaranaki Mangaotuku StreamSaltwater Lagoon Westland District West Coast Tasman SeaSpider Lagoon Timaru District Canterbury Pacific OceanTank Farm NorthcoteAuckland Waitematā HarbourTapuarau Lagoon Near the Waitōtara River Taranaki South Taranaki BightTe Paeroa LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay 105Pacific OceanTe Puna-a-Taipuhi Hurunui District Canterbury Pacific OceanTe Whanga Lagoon Chatham Island Chatham Islands 16,000Pacific OceanThree Mile Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaTomahawk Lagoon Otago PeninsulaOtago 30Pacific OceanTōtara Lagoon (West Coast) Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaTōtara Lagoon (Wellington) WaikanaeWellington 0.4 Tasman SeaTukes Lagoons Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaTūtaepatu Lagoon Waimakariri District Canterbury Pacific OceanWaiatoto Lagoon Westland DistrictWest Coast Tasman SeaWaikouaiti River Estuary Karitane Otago 229 Pacific OceanWaimeha LagoonWaikanaeWellington 1Tasman SeaWainono LagoonSouth CanterburyCanterbury Pacific OceanWaipu LagoonsBell BlockTaranaki 2Pacific OceanWairau LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay 35Pacific OceanWaitahora LagoonSpirits BayNorthland 50 Pacific OceanWaituna Lagoon Awarua Plain Southland 1,350Foveaux StraitWaiuna Lagoon Southland DistrictSouthland 360Tasman SeaWashdyke LagoonTimaruCanterbury 48Pacific OceanWhairepo LagoonWellington Wellington 0.6 Wellington Harbour Whakakī LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay 607Pacific OceanWhakamahi LagoonWairoa Hawke's Bay Pacific OceanWherowhero LagoonPoverty Bay Gisborne 160Pacific Ocean

‡ The bed of the Ahuriri Lagoon was raised by the 1931 Napier earthquake, permanently draining the lagoon.

External links Lagoons on the Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research website

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