New Zealand topographic maps
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Auckland Domain
New Zealand > Auckland > Auckland
During the 2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, a lake reformed in the lower elevation area of Pukekawa / Auckland Domain that was once a wetland.
Average elevation: 49 m

Port hills
New Zealand > Canterbury > Christchurch City > Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community
Average elevation: 246 m

Hanmer Springs
New Zealand > Canterbury > Hurunui District
The Jacks Pass – Clarence River – Jollies Pass Loop is a 25 kilometer loop which is not technically challenging however it takes between two to four hours to complete. It can be ridden in either direction: West over Jacks Pass (869m) or East over Jollies Pass (850m). As the entire ride is at high elevation…
Average elevation: 490 m

Cromwell
New Zealand > Otago > Central Otago District > Cromwell Community > Cromwell
Average elevation: 330 m

Kapiti Island
New Zealand > Wellington > Kapiti Coast District
The full original name for the island is Te Waewae-Kapiti-o-Tara-rāua-ko-Rangitāne, meaning "the boundary of Tara and Rangitāne" and referring to it as a place where the rohe (territories) of Ngāi Tara (now known as Muaūpoko) and Rangitāne (descendents of Whātonga) iwi adjoined each other. The word…
Average elevation: 55 m

Waihou Valley
New Zealand > Northland > Far North District > Kaikohe-Hokianga Community
Average elevation: 86 m

Pungaere Stream
New Zealand > Northland > Far North District > Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community
Average elevation: 183 m

Pukawa
New Zealand > Northland > Far North District > Kaikohe-Hokianga Community
Average elevation: 101 m

Fiordland National Park
Several large lakes lie wholly or partly within the park's boundaries, notably Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri, both on the western boundary of the national park, as well as the southern lakes Lake Monowai, Lake Hauroko, and Lake Poteriteri. All of these lakes exhibit the topography typical of glacier-carved…
Average elevation: 417 m

Ngāwī
New Zealand > Wellington > South Wairarapa District > Martinborough Community
Average elevation: 97 m

Auckland
The Auckland Volcanic Field has contributed greatly to the growth and prosperity of the Auckland Region since the area was settled by humans. Initially, the maunga (scoria cones) were occupied and established as pā (fortified settlements) by Māori due to the strategic advantage their elevation provided in…
Average elevation: 30 m

Fortrose
New Zealand > Southland > Southland District > Waihopai Toetoe Community
Average elevation: 12 m

Hikuraki / North Mavora Lake
New Zealand > Southland > Southland District > Fiordland Community
Average elevation: 1,071 m

Akaroa
New Zealand > Canterbury > Christchurch City > Banks Peninsula Community
Average elevation: 152 m

Ettrick
New Zealand > Otago > Central Otago District > Teviot Valley Community
Average elevation: 105 m

Lake Horowhenua
New Zealand > Manawatu-Whanganui > Horowhenua District > Levin
Average elevation: 13 m

Cass
New Zealand > Canterbury > Selwyn District
The topography of the Cass area was formed by repeated glaciation in the Pleistocene, with the valley floor built up by river fans as the glaciers retreated and the nearby Lakes Sarah and Grasmere enclosed by moraines and ice-eroded rocks. Many of the valleys around Cass post-date the retreat of the Poulter…
Average elevation: 667 m

Lake Ōhau
New Zealand > Canterbury > Waitaki District
Wilding Pines (Pinus Cortorta, Pinus sylvestris) are problematic on the foreshore of Lake Ōhau. Pinus contorta grow “probably five to 10 times faster” in the Mackenzie Country (and Lake Ōhau) than in their native North America. They can establish themselves at altitudes of up to 2000 metres. Where they…
Average elevation: 904 m

Tokanui
New Zealand > Southland > Southland District > Waihopai Toetoe Community
Average elevation: 85 m

Broadwood
New Zealand > Northland > Far North District > Kaikohe-Hokianga Community
Average elevation: 144 m

Whirinaki
New Zealand > Northland > Far North District > Kaikohe-Hokianga Community
Average elevation: 71 m

Reefton
New Zealand > West Coast > Buller District
Located in the Inangahua Valley at an altitude of 194m, Reefton falls under the Köppen-Geiger climate classification of Cfb (Oceanic), though the town's sheltered inland location lends its climate less maritime influence than coastal areas; as such, Reefton has recorded both the extreme highest temperature of…
Average elevation: 310 m

Miramar Peninsula
New Zealand > Wellington > Wellington City > Wellington
The peninsula is exposed to Wellington's prevailing northwest wind and the southerly wind. During southerly storms, big waves and swells batter the peninsula's rocky southern shore. The peninsula's topography, with its high ridges and small bays and coves, provides shelter from the wind in many places. On 15…
Average elevation: 20 m