This is a list of lakes in New Zealand. A lake's location is identified by the region and either the territorial authority or national park (N.P.). There are:

Largest

Lakes with a surface area of more than 10 km2

Deepest lakes

Maximum depth and average depth in metres: These six lakes are all situated on the South Island. The deepest lake on the North Island is:

North Island

Northland

The following lakes are located in the Northland Region.

Auckland

The following lakes are located in the Auckland Region. Many of the lakes in the Auckland Region are man made reservoirs, constructed in the hilly catchment areas of the Waitakere and Hunua ranges in order to provide a water supply for the Auckland urban area.

Waikato

The following lakes are located in the Waikato region. The various pools of the Tongariro River system, as listed below, can be found in detail on their own page at Pools of the Tongariro River.

Pools of the Tongariro River

The following is a list of named pools on the Tongariro River. Full details of these pools, many of which are little more than widenings of the river or clear areas of the river's delta marshes, can be found at Pools of the Tongariro River.

Bay of Plenty

The following lakes are located in the Bay of Plenty Region.

Gisborne

The following lakes are located in the Gisborne Region.

Hawke's Bay

The following lakes are located in the Hawke's Bay Region.

Taranaki

The following lakes are located in the Taranaki Region.

Manawatū-Whanganui

The following lakes are located in the Manawatū-Whanganui region.

Wellington

The following lakes are located in the Wellington Region.

South Island

Tasman

The following lakes are located in the Tasman Region.

Nelson

The following lakes are located in the Nelson Region.

Marlborough

The following lakes are located in the Marlborough Region.

West Coast

The following lakes are located in the West Coast region.

Canterbury

The following lakes are located in the Canterbury region.

Otago

The following lakes are located in the Otago region.

Southland

The following lakes are located in the Southland region.

Other islands

Auckland Islands

Campbell Island

Chatham Islands

Many of the lakes in the Chatham Islands are either lagoons filling sinkholes in the island's limestone structure, or low-lying peat lakes. The island chain is dominated by Te Whanga Lagoon, which occupies the centre of the main island and accounts for one sixth of the surface area of the archipelago.

Cook Islands

Kermadec Islands

Ross Dependency

The following lakes are located in Ross Dependency, New Zealand's claim in Antarctica.