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Lake Hakanoa

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from the lake in 1927, which didn't become a protected refuge until 1958. Huntly Athletic Park Domain was created in 1930 as a recreation reserve and swimming pools added from 1943. Huntly Yacht Club has used the lake since 1954. The walkway around the lake was started in the 1960s and completed in
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The lake is 52 ha (130 acres) in size, has a maximum depth of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in), with a catchment area of 613 ha (1,510 acres). The domain, lake, edges and wetland cover 93 ha (230 acres). The lake level is controlled by a weir on the Hakanoa Stream, which drains to
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formed the tips into Huntly School grounds (in 1960 the municipal landfill south of the school was added), a rifle range and soccer club. In 1911 Lake Hakanoa was declared a game sanctuary and in 1926 it became a
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north into the Waikato River. The lake was lowered over 2 ft (0.61 m) in 1923, though drainage work had also been done in 1911.
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formed the greatest mass of a sample catch, at 74.4 kg (164 lb), followed by shortfin eels, 22.1 kg (49 lb).
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in 2004. Features around the lake include Genesis Energy Gardens, Raahui Pookeka Gardens and the Green Cathedral.
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surrounded the lake, with a shaft close by, started after a new mine opened on the east bank after 1910. In 1932
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https://www.hamiltonwaikato.com/experiences/walking-hiking-trails/lake-hakanoa-huntly-domain/
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were put into the lake in 1907 and perch at about the same time. A 2016 fish survey found
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There is a 3.6 km (2.2 mi) walking track around the perimeter of the lake.
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was used to kill it, but other water life was also affected. However, in 1987
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of New Zealand. Lake Hakanoa is a riverine lake with links to the
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built the bandstand in 2001. Management was transferred from the
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Huntly Domain and the Lake Hakanoa Reserve Management Plan
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2001. Weeds affected boating in the 1950s and 1960s, so
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Lake Hakanoa from entrance to Raahui Pookeka Gardens
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Index

Lake Hakanoa from entrance to Raahui Pookeka Gardens
Location of Lake Hakanoa
North Island
37°33′00″S 175°10′00″E / 37.55000°S 175.16667°E / -37.55000; 175.16667
Type
riverine
Primary outflows
Catchment area
Basin
Huntly
Waikato Region
Waikato River
tuna (eels)
invasion of the Waikato
spoil tips
unemployment relief schemes
wildlife reserve
shags
paraquat
bittern
spotless crake
Lions
Department of Conservation
Waikato District Council
Trout
mosquito fish
koi carp
List of lakes of New Zealand
"Riverine lakes"
"Lake Hakanoa – Walking Trails – Hamilton & Waikato"

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