Awaroa Stream (NB a different stream, with the same name, further south, flows into Lake Waahi)
Primary outflows
Whangape Stream
Catchment area
310 km2 (120 sq mi)
Basin countries
New Zealand
Max. length
7 km (4.3 mi)
Surface area
1,450 ha (3,600 acres)
Average depth
1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Max. depth
2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Shore length1
29 km (18 mi)
Surface elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Islands
Motukauere Is, Roaroa Is
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Lake Whangape (also written as Wangape,[1] Whangapu,[2] or Whangapae)[3] is shallow, supertrophic,[4] lateral[5] and the second largest lake (after Lake Waikare) in the lower Waikato River basin in New Zealand.[4] One source said the name translated to 'a large sheet of water',[6] another that it was a chief's name.[7]
From the 1860s the catchment has lost most of its forest cover and the lake has changed from clear and rich in aquatic vegetation to a murky, algal lake.
^"A geological survey by Ferdinand von Hochstetter, 1859". www.aucklandcity.govt.nz. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
^Parliament, New Zealand (1913). Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives.
^"MERCER (Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, 1918-02-12)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
^ ab"Raglan County Council". Waikato Argus. 1912-05-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
^Mosley, Paul. "Geomorphology and Hydrology of Lakes" (PDF).
^"Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1869. [electronic resource]". rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
^"WAIKATO. THREATENED FIGHT AMONGST THE MAORIS AT RANGIRIRI. (Daily Southern Cross, 1866-02-28)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
LakeWhangape (also written as Wangape, Whangapu, or Whangapae) is shallow, supertrophic, lateral and the second largest lake (after Lake Waikare) in...
for LakeWhangape and remains in place for Lakes' Ngaroto, Kainui, and Waikare". WaikatoDHB Newsroom. December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020. Lake Waikare...
larger LakeWhangape. The lake was lowered by 2.33 ft (0.71 m) in 1925, by means of a 2.75 mi (4.43 km) x 18 ft (5.5 m) canal, which drains into Lake Rotongaroiti...
Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake. It then drains Taupō at the lake's northeastern edge, creates the Huka Falls...
metres: Lake Hauroko: 462 and ~117. Lake Manapouri: 444 and 149. Lake Te Anau: 425 and ~169. Lake Wakatipu: 420 and 130. Lake Hāwea: 392 and ~101. Lake Wānaka:...
Retrieved 4 November 2020. "Health warning issued for LakeWhangape and remains in place for Lakes' Ngaroto, Kainui, and Waikare". WaikatoDHB Newsroom....
and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, situated south of LakeWhangape and west of Huntly. The location of the 1933 Lakey murders and the childhood...
to the east of Matamata, the other flows under Highway 22 to reach LakeWhangape via the Awaroa Stream. The stream starts in native bush on Mt Maungatautari...
abundance in the shallow Waikato lakesWhangape and Hakanoa" (PDF). Waikato Regional Council. 2016. "Huntly Domain and Lake Hakanoa Reserve Management Plan"...
day): Karioi, Pirongia, with 2 councillors each, and Te Akau, Onewhero and Whangape, with one. Only 3 of the Ridings were represented at the first meeting;...
under Ruakerepeti to drive him out of the region. They built fortresses at Whangape, Rangaunu, Herekino, Ahipara, Hukatere, and Rangiaohia, hemming Tamatea...
Ship News". The Standard. No. 14756. London. 16 November 1871. p. 7. "Great Lake Storms in America". Liverpool Mercury. No. 7419. Liverpool. 2 November 1871...
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