While most of the monitoring sites record data every 5 minutes, data is only retrieved from the monitoring sites every 30 minutes. Although the website is updated every 15 minutes, the data displayed on the website may not change as it has not yet been retrieved from the monitoring site.
PLEASE NOTE: The information on this table is provisional. For more detailed information contact Waikato Regional Council. Data is at NZ Standard Time (no allowance is made for daylight saving).
Some useful links to further information:
- Rainfall and river level information collected by the Waikato Regional Council are published on our website and are also available through our 0832 Infolines.
- Lake level information for the Waikato River hydro-electric scheme (including Lake Taupo) is available from Mighty River Power.
- Rainfall, lake and river level information for the Tongariro Power Scheme is available from Genesis Energy.
- Current weather conditions, weather forecasts and severe weather bulletins are available from the MetService.
- Tidal forecasts are available from NIWA.
- Civil defence information is available from the Waikato CDEM Group or the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management.
- Information on other geological hazards (e.g. earthquakes, volcanos, landslides and tsunamis) is available from Geonet.
| River name at location name |
Date and time 1 of latest data |
Level
(m) |
Flow
(m3/sec) |
Rise or fall (-) rate for the last hour (m/h) |
Above or below (-) early warning flood level (m) |
Awakino
Rauroa Farm Bridge on Awakino
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
0.585 |
1.1 |
0.000 |
-1.315 |
Control Structure
Whangamarino Control Structure on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:25 |
1.641 |
|
-0.004 |
-1.609 |
Dreadnought
Dreadnought Culvert on the Mangaonua Stream
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
0.992 |
1.8 |
0.000 |
0.992 |
Falls Road
Upstream of Falls Road on the Whangamarino Wetland
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
3.142 |
|
0.000 |
-1.858 |
Hamilton
Victoria Bridge, Hamilton on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:20 |
11.705 |
156.3 |
0.002 |
-2.295 |
Hoods Landing
Hoods Landing Road on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
0.652 |
|
-0.203 |
-1.548 |
Huntly
Huntly Power Station on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
6.681 |
173.3 |
-0.004 |
-3.119 |
Karangahake
River Road, Karangahake on the Ohinemuri River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
11.725 |
1.6 |
0.000 |
-2.275 |
Kauaeranga
Kauaeranga Valley Road, Thames on the Kauaeranga River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
5.984 |
0.6 |
0.000 |
-1.715 |
Kiwitahi
Kiwitahi on the Piako River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
1.026 |
0.1 |
-0.001 |
-1.474 |
Lake Waikare
Lake Waikare Road on Lake Waikare
|
01/03/15
22:40 |
5.370 |
|
0.023 |
-0.230 |
Mangatangi
SH 2, Maramarua on the Mangatangi River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
8.389 |
0.4 |
0.000 |
-2.611 |
Mangatawhiri
SH 2 Bridge, on the Mangatawhiri River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
4.261 |
0.4 |
0.002 |
-2.239 |
Mangawara
Jefferis near Hoe-O-Tainui on the Mangawara River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
16.605 |
0.2 |
0.000 |
-1.895 |
Matahuru
Waiterimu Road Bridge on the Matahuru River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
5.379 |
0.5 |
-0.006 |
-2.121 |
Maukoro Landing
Maukoro Landing Road, Patetonga on the Piako River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
0.241 |
|
-0.192 |
-2.109 |
Mellon Road
Mellon Road Bridge, Elstow on the Waitoa River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
5.783 |
0.6 |
0.000 |
-1.717 |
Mercer
Ferry Road Bridge, Mercer on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:20 |
1.458 |
196.9 |
-0.023 |
-2.442 |
Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:20 |
8.376 |
168.7 |
0.000 |
-3.524 |
Okauia
Okauia Springs Road Bridge on the Waihou River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
26.646 |
17.8 |
0.000 |
-2.854 |
Opitonui
Downstream Awaroa confluence on Opitonui
|
01/03/15
23:25 |
0.225 |
0.2 |
0.000 |
-7.275 |
Otewa
Waipa River Road near Otewa on the Waipa River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
75.424 |
1.1 |
0.000 |
-2.376 |
Otorohanga
SH 31 Bridge, Otorohanga on the Waipa River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
27.923 |
3.5 |
-0.004 |
-3.577 |
Pekapeka
Pekapeka on Hauraki Road near Netherton
|
26/06/14
15:40 |
-0.255 |
|
-0.062 |
-3.255 |
Piako P-T Road
Paeroa-Tahuna Road Bridge on the Piako River
|
01/03/15
23:20 |
1.717 |
0.8 |
0.000 |
-3.783 |
Pinedale
Pinedale on the Oraka River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
0.134 |
1.0 |
0.000 |
0.134 |
Pirongia
Pukehoua Bridge on Baffin Road, Pirongia
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
12.130 |
12.5 |
-0.002 |
-7.870 |
Puke Bridge
Puke Bridge, Paeroa (tidal) on the Waihou River
|
01/03/15
23:20 |
0.356 |
|
-0.187 |
-3.644 |
Puniu
Pokuru Road Bridge, Te Awamutu on the Puniu River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
8.284 |
3.3 |
-0.003 |
-4.216 |
QueensHead
QueensHead on the Ohinemuri River
|
01/03/15
23:25 |
0.187 |
0.6 |
-0.007 |
-3.313 |
Rangiriri
Rangiriri on the Waikato River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
4.897 |
168.8 |
0.000 |
-2.103 |
Ropeway
Ropeway, Island Block Road on the Whangamarino River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
3.040 |
|
-0.001 |
-1.960 |
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury Road Bridge on the Waihou River
|
01/03/15
23:25 |
13.680 |
|
-0.006 |
-2.320 |
Tairua
Broken Hills on the Tairua River
|
01/03/15
23:35 |
1.093 |
0.7 |
0.000 |
-2.407 |
Tauranga-Taupo
Te Kono off Kiko Road on Tauranga-Taupo River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
0.155 |
2.6 |
-0.001 |
-1.345 |
Te Aroha
Te Aroha on the Waihou River
|
01/03/15
23:25 |
7.076 |
23.0 |
0.000 |
-2.224 |
Te Kuiti
Te Kuiti Pumping Station on the Mangaokewa River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
48.505 |
0.7 |
-0.001 |
-1.495 |
Thames Tide
Tararu (Tidal) on the Firth of Thames
|
01/03/15
23:26 |
-0.759 |
|
0.160 |
-2.809 |
Tirohia
Tirohia (tidal) on the Waihou River
|
01/03/15
23:25 |
1.980 |
22.6 |
-0.013 |
-2.520 |
Tuakau
Tuakua Road Bridge on Waikato
|
01/03/15
22:05 |
1.179 |
|
-0.044 |
1.179 |
Tuakau
SH 22 Bridge, Tuakau on the Whakapipi Stream
|
01/03/15
23:20 |
7.948 |
0.1 |
-0.001 |
-1.052 |
Waharoa
Waharoa on the Waitoa River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
45.479 |
0.1 |
0.000 |
-1.521 |
Waingaro
Ruakiwi Road Bridge on the Waingaro River
|
01/03/15
23:15 |
0.645 |
0.2 |
0.008 |
-2.355 |
Whatawhata
SH 23 Bridge, Whatawhata on the Waipa River
|
01/03/15
23:10 |
8.684 |
30.2 |
0.001 |
-6.816 |
Whitianga Tide
Whitianga Wharf (tidal) on the Whitianga Harbour
|
01/03/15
21:51 |
-0.416 |
|
-0.059 |
-1.616 |