Lake Waipu
Lake Waipu, just south of Rātana Pā, is a 7 ha shallow coastal aeolian, or dune-dammed, lake. Horizons Regional Council has monitored water quality in the lake since 2015.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rātana Pā and Koitiata.
Rātana Pā
Village
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Rātana Pā, or Ratana Community, is a town in the North Island of New Zealand, near Whanganui and Marton in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The locality was the farm of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of a Māori religious and political movement, and the settlement developed in the 1920s as followers came to see Rātana.
Koitiata
Village
Koitiata is a settlement located in the southwestern part of Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. At the time of the 2018 census, Koitiata had a population of 126. Marton is located 24 km to the east and Whanganui is located 29 km to the northwest. Koitiata is situated 3½ km southwest of Lake Waipu.
Whangaehu
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Whangaehu is a settlement in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Whangaehu is located near the mouth of the Whangaehu River, a large river flowing from for 135 kilometres the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, southward to the South Taranaki Bight in the Tasman Sea. Whangaehu is situated 4 km north of Lake Waipu.
Lake Waipu
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in New Zealand
- Category: lake
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.04328° or 40° 2′ 36″ southLongitude
175.1569° or 175° 9′ 25″ eastOpen location code
4VFQX544+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 351018812OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q85173168
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