| Lagoon
|
Location
|
Region
|
Area (ha)
|
Outflow
|
Coordinates
|
| Ahuriri Lagoon (former lagoon)‡ |
Napier |
Hawke's Bay |
4,000 |
Pacific Ocean |
39°28′00″S 176°52′00″E / 39.46667°S 176.86667°E / -39.46667; 176.86667
|
| Aotea Lagoon |
Porirua |
Wellington |
5 |
Tasman Sea |
41°07′12″S 174°51′25″E / 41.12000°S 174.85694°E / -41.12000; 174.85694
|
| Big Lagoon |
Cloudy Bay |
Marlborough |
|
Pacific Ocean |
41°33′00″S 174°06′00″E / 41.55000°S 174.10000°E / -41.55000; 174.10000
|
| Bluff Harbour |
Bluff |
Southland |
|
Foveaux Strait |
46°35′30″S 168°20′00″E / 46.59167°S 168.33333°E / -46.59167; 168.33333
|
| Brooklands Lagoon |
Waimakariri River mouth |
Canterbury |
270 |
Pacific Ocean |
43°24′50″S 172°42′25″E / 43.41389°S 172.70694°E / -43.41389; 172.70694
|
| Lake Brunton |
Awarua Plain |
Southland |
|
Pacific Ocean |
46°39′10″S 168°53′20″E / 46.65278°S 168.88889°E / -46.65278; 168.88889
|
| Coopers Lagoon / Muriwai |
Mid-Canterbury |
Canterbury |
2 |
Pacific Ocean |
43°51′30″S 172°18′00″E / 43.85833°S 172.30000°E / -43.85833; 172.30000
|
| Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
Selwyn River mouth |
Canterbury |
19,781 |
Pacific Ocean |
43°48′00″S 172°25′00″E / 43.80000°S 172.41667°E / -43.80000; 172.41667
|
| Lake Forsyth / Waiwera |
Banks Peninsula |
Canterbury |
628 |
Pacific Ocean |
43°48′20″S 172°44′25″E / 43.80556°S 172.74028°E / -43.80556; 172.74028
|
| Lake Grassmere / Kapara Te Hau |
Clifford Bay |
Marlborough |
1,700 |
Pacific Ocean |
41°44′00″S 174°10′00″E / 41.73333°S 174.16667°E / -41.73333; 174.16667
|
| Hawksbury Lagoon |
Waikouaiti |
Otago |
51 |
Pacific Ocean |
45°36′20″S 170°40′25″E / 45.60556°S 170.67361°E / -45.60556; 170.67361
|
| Kaikorai Lagoon |
Waldronville |
Otago |
|
Pacific Ocean |
45°55′00″S 170°23′50″E / 45.91667°S 170.39722°E / -45.91667; 170.39722
|
| Kiriwai Lagoon |
Arm of Lake Ōnoke |
Wellington |
|
Lake Ōnoke |
41°22′55″S 175°06′10″E / 41.38194°S 175.10278°E / -41.38194; 175.10278
|
| Lake Kohangapiripiri |
Pencarrow Head |
Wellington |
|
Cook Strait |
41°21′30″S 174°51′30″E / 41.35833°S 174.85833°E / -41.35833; 174.85833
|
| Lake Kohangatera |
Pencarrow Head |
Wellington |
17 |
Cook Strait |
41°22′00″S 174°52′00″E / 41.36667°S 174.86667°E / -41.36667; 174.86667
|
| Māngere Lagoon |
Manukau Harbour |
Auckland |
|
Manukau Harbour |
36°57′25″S 174°46′40″E / 36.95694°S 174.77778°E / -36.95694; 174.77778
|
| Maungawhio Lagoon |
Māhia Peninsula |
Hawke's Bay |
|
Pacific Ocean |
39°04′00″S 177°53′00″E / 39.06667°S 177.88333°E / -39.06667; 177.88333
|
| Ngamotu Lagoon |
Wairoa |
Hawke's Bay |
|
Pacific Ocean |
39°03′30″S 177°26′30″E / 39.05833°S 177.44167°E / -39.05833; 177.44167
|
| Ohuia Lagoon |
Wairoa |
Hawke's Bay |
|
Pacific Ocean |
39°03′00″S 177°28′45″E / 39.05000°S 177.47917°E / -39.05000; 177.47917
|
| Ōkari Lagoon |
Buller District |
West Coast |
|
Tasman Sea |
41°50′00″S 171°28′00″E / 41.83333°S 171.46667°E / -41.83333; 171.46667
|
| Ōkārito Lagoon |
Westland District |
West Coast |
3,240 |
Tasman Sea |
43°12′00″S 170°13′00″E / 43.20000°S 170.21667°E / -43.20000; 170.21667
|
| Lake Ōnoke |
Palliser Bay |
Wellington |
6,300 |
Cook Strait |
41°23′00″S 175°08′00″E / 41.38333°S 175.13333°E / -41.38333; 175.13333
|
| Orokonui Lagoon |
Waitati |
Otago |
|
Pacific Ocean |
45°45′10″S 170°35′00″E / 45.75278°S 170.58333°E / -45.75278; 170.58333
|
| Saltwater Lagoon |
Westland District |
West Coast |
|
Tasman Sea |
43°06′00″S 170°21′00″E / 43.10000°S 170.35000°E / -43.10000; 170.35000
|
| Te Paeroa Lagoon |
Wairoa |
Hawke's Bay |
|
Pacific Ocean |
39°03′00″S 177°31′00″E / 39.05000°S 177.51667°E / -39.05000; 177.51667
|
| Te Whanga Lagoon |
Chatham Island |
Chatham Islands |
16,000 |
Pacific Ocean |
43°52′00″S 176°28′00″W / 43.86667°S 176.46667°W / -43.86667; -176.46667
|
| Tomahawk Lagoon |
Otago Peninsula |
Otago |
30 |
Pacific Ocean |
45°54′05″S 170°32′35″E / 45.90139°S 170.54306°E / -45.90139; 170.54306
|
| Wainono Lagoon |
South Canterbury |
Canterbury |
|
Pacific Ocean |
44°42′00″S 171°09′00″E / 44.70000°S 171.15000°E / -44.70000; 171.15000
|
| Waipu Lagoons |
Bell Block |
Taranaki |
2 |
Pacific Ocean |
39°01′50″S 174°08′10″E / 39.03056°S 174.13611°E / -39.03056; 174.13611
|
| Wairau Lagoon |
Wairoa |
Hawke's Bay |
|
Pacific Ocean |
39°03′00″S 177°30′00″E / 39.05000°S 177.50000°E / -39.05000; 177.50000
|
| Waitahora Lagoon |
Spirits Bay |
Northland |
|
Pacific Ocean |
34°27′20″S 172°48′00″E / 34.45556°S 172.80000°E / -34.45556; 172.80000
|
| Waituna Lagoon |
Awarua Plain |
Southland |
|
Foveaux Strait |
46°34′00″S 168°35′25″E / 46.56667°S 168.59028°E / -46.56667; 168.59028
|
| Waiuna Lagoon |
Westland District |
West Coast |
|
Tasman Sea |
44°18′25″S 168°08′25″E / 44.30694°S 168.14028°E / -44.30694; 168.14028
|
| Washdyke Lagoon |
Timaru |
Canterbury |
48 |
Pacific Ocean |
44°21′50″S 171°15′10″E / 44.36389°S 171.25278°E / -44.36389; 171.25278
|
| Whairepo Lagoon |
Wellington |
Wellington |
|
Wellington Harbour |
41°17′20″S 174°46′45″E / 41.28889°S 174.77917°E / -41.28889; 174.77917
|
| Whakakī Lagoon |
Wairoa |
Hawke's Bay |
40 |
Pacific Ocean |
39°02′35″S 177°33′10″E / 39.04306°S 177.55278°E / -39.04306; 177.55278
|
| Wherowhero Lagoon |
Poverty Bay |
Gisborne |
|
Pacific Ocean |
38°44′00″S 177°56′00″E / 38.73333°S 177.93333°E / -38.73333; 177.93333
|
