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River levels and flow - latest reading

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	01/10/16 07:40	1.014	12.7	0.000	-0.886
Control Structure Whangamarino Control Structure on the Waikato River	01/10/16 07:40	4.226		0.004	0.976
Falls Road Upstream of Falls Road on the Whangamarino Wetland	01/10/16 07:40	4.580		-0.001	-0.420
Hamilton Victoria Bridge, Hamilton on the Waikato River	01/10/16 08:00	14.165	0.0	-0.012	0.165
Hoods Landing Hoods Landing Road on the Waikato River	01/10/16 07:40	0.718		0.220	-1.482
Huntly Huntly Power Station on the Waikato River	01/10/16 06:55	9.192	745.5	-0.008	-0.608
Karangahake River Road, Karangahake on the Ohinemuri River	01/10/16 07:40	13.181	68.5	-0.019	-0.819
Kauaeranga Kauaeranga Valley Road, Thames on the Kauaeranga River	01/10/16 07:40	6.759	24.4	-0.014	-0.941
Kiwitahi Kiwitahi on the Piako River	01/10/16 07:40	1.987	2.9	-0.003	-0.513
Lake Waikare Lake Waikare Road on Lake Waikare	01/10/16 07:40	5.579		-0.003	-0.021
Mangatangi SH 2, Maramarua on the Mangatangi River	01/10/16 07:40	9.621	13.1	-0.020	-1.379
Mangatawhiri SH 2 Bridge, on the Mangatawhiri River	01/10/16 07:40	5.090	8.9	-0.009	-1.410
Mangawara Jefferis near Hoe-O-Tainui on the Mangawara River	01/10/16 07:40	17.965	6.4	-0.012	-0.535
Matahuru Waiterimu Road Bridge on the Matahuru River	01/10/16 07:40	6.115	4.9	-0.014	-1.385
Maukoro Landing Maukoro Landing Road, Patetonga on the Piako River	01/10/16 07:40	2.347		0.031	-0.003
Mellon Road Mellon Road Bridge, Elstow on the Waitoa River	01/10/16 07:40	7.607	19.3	-0.004	0.107
Mercer Ferry Road Bridge, Mercer on the Waikato River	01/10/16 07:40	3.934	768.7	0.006	0.034
Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River	01/10/16 07:45	11.185	681.4	-0.008	-0.715
Okauia Okauia Springs Road Bridge on the Waihou River	01/10/16 07:40	27.769	50.2	-0.024	-1.731
Opitonui Downstream Awaroa confluence on Opitonui	01/10/16 06:15	0.761	2.5	-0.007	-6.739
Otewa Waipa River Road near Otewa on the Waipa River	01/10/16 07:40	76.106	21.0	0.000	-1.694
Otorohanga SH 31 Bridge, Otorohanga on the Waipa River	01/10/16 07:40	29.517	52.6	-0.012	-1.983
Piako P-T Road Paeroa-Tahuna Road Bridge on the Piako River	01/10/16 07:45	5.155	41.2	-0.039	-0.345
Pinedale Pinedale on the Oraka River	01/10/16 07:40	1.113	2.5	-0.001	1.113
Pirongia Pukehoua Bridge on Baffin Road, Pirongia	01/10/16 08:00	17.549	0.0	-0.045	-2.451
Puke Bridge Puke Bridge, Paeroa (tidal) on the Waihou River	01/10/16 07:40	2.220		0.167	-1.780
Puniu Pokuru Road Bridge, Te Awamutu on the Puniu River	01/10/16 07:40	11.523	43.4	-0.023	-0.977
QueensHead QueensHead on the Ohinemuri River	01/10/16 07:50	1.690	29.6	-0.027	-8.110
Rangiriri Rangiriri on the Waikato River	01/10/16 07:45	7.191	721.1	-0.002	0.191
Ropeway Ropeway, Island Block Road on the Whangamarino River	01/10/16 07:45	4.288		0.003	-0.712
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Road Bridge on the Waihou River	01/10/16 07:45	16.763		-0.029	0.763
Tairua Broken Hills on the Tairua River	01/10/16 07:55	1.922	28.8	-0.010	-1.578
Tauranga-Taupo Te Kono off Kiko Road on Tauranga-Taupo River	01/10/16 07:50	0.517	11.9	-0.003	-0.983
Te Aroha Te Aroha on the Waihou River	01/10/16 07:45	9.934	115.0	0.003	0.634
Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Pumping Station on the Mangaokewa River	01/10/16 07:40	49.105	8.5	-0.006	-0.895
Thames Tide Tararu (Tidal) on the Firth of Thames	01/10/16 07:49	1.468		0.040	-0.582
Tirohia Tirohia (tidal) on the Waihou River	01/10/16 07:45	4.405	115.9	0.006	-0.095
Tuakau Tuakua Road Bridge on Waikato	01/10/16 07:25	2.580		-0.011	2.580
Tuakau SH 22 Bridge, Tuakau on the Whakapipi Stream	01/10/16 07:20	8.410	2.5	-0.007	-0.590
Waharoa Waharoa on the Waitoa River	28/09/16 18:50	46.038	4.1	-0.004	-0.962
Waingaro Ruakiwi Road Bridge on the Waingaro River	01/10/16 07:50	1.360	2.5	0.002	-1.640
Whatawhata SH 23 Bridge, Whatawhata on the Waipa River	01/10/16 07:40	14.283	235.6	-0.016	-1.217
Whitianga Tide Whitianga Wharf (tidal) on the Whitianga Harbour	01/10/16 07:43	0.849		-0.023	-0.351

Footnotes

Time recorded using the 24 hr clock, for example 20:00 = 8:00 pm