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.

Data is at NZ Standard Time. No allowance is made for daylight saving.

PLEASE NOTE: The information on this table is provisional. For more detailed information contact Waikato Regional Council.

More information

Rainfall and river level information - Waikato Regional Council
Lake level information: Waikato River hydro-electric scheme (including Lake Taupo)(external link) - Mercury Energy
Rainfall, lake and river level information: Tongariro Power Scheme(external link) - Genesis Energy
Current weather conditions, weather forecasts and severe weather bulletins(external link) - MetService.
Tidal forecasts(external link) - NIWA
Civil defence - Waikato CDEM Group(external link) or the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management(external link).
Geological hazards, such as earthquakes(external link) - 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	21/05/19 20:30	0.820	5.1	0.000	-1.080
Control Structure Whangamarino Control Structure on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:30	1.618		-0.033	-1.632
Falls Road Upstream of Falls Road on the Whangamarino Wetland	21/05/19 20:30	3.141		0.000	-1.859
Hamilton Victoria Bridge Hamilton on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:30	11.547	157.1	0.001	-2.453
Hoods Landing Hoods Landing Road on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:30	0.135		-0.039	-2.066
Huntly Huntly Power Station on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:15	6.740	182.8	0.000	-3.060
Kaniwhaniwha Kaniwhaniwha at Wrights Road	21/05/19 20:30	16.051	0.8	0.000	8.551
Karangahake River Road Karangahake on the Ohinemuri River	21/05/19 20:30	11.749	1.5	0.000	-2.251
Kauaeranga Kauaeranga Valley Road Thames on the Kauaeranga River	21/05/19 20:35	5.968	0.6	-0.001	-1.732
Kawhia Wharf Kawhia Harbour at Wharf	21/05/19 20:30	-0.018		0.612	-7.518
Kiwitahi Kiwitahi on the Piako River	21/05/19 20:35	0.991	0.3	0.000	-1.510
Mangapu SH 3 above Mangaokewa Confl on the Mangapu Stream	21/05/19 20:30	2.227	0.9	0.000	2.227
Mangatangi SH 2 Maramarua on the Mangatangi River	21/05/19 20:35	8.462	0.6	0.000	-2.538
Mangatawhiri SH 2 Bridge on the Mangatawhiri River	21/05/19 20:30	4.363	0.3	0.000	-2.137
Mangatutu Walker Rd (Waikeria) on the Mangatutu Stream	21/05/19 20:30	1.035	1.1	-0.001	-6.465
Mangawara Jefferis near Hoe-O-Tainui on the Mangawara River	21/05/19 20:30	16.629	0.3	0.000	-1.871
Manu Bay Manu Bay at BoatRamp	21/05/19 20:30	-1.186		0.079	-8.686
Matahuru Waiterimu Road Bridge on the Matahuru River	21/05/19 20:35	5.362		0.013	-2.138
Maukoro Landing Maukoro Landing Road Patetonga on the Piako River	21/05/19 20:35	0.164		0.316	-2.186
Mellon Road Mellon Road Bridge Elstow on the Waitoa River	21/05/19 20:35	5.816	1.0	0.000	-1.684
Mercer Ferry Road Bridge Mercer on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:35	1.420	192.5	-0.043	-2.480
Moakurarua Moakurarua at Farm Bridge	21/05/19 20:30	20.890	1.6	0.001	13.390
Mokau Totoro Rd Bridge on the Mokau River	21/05/19 20:05	1.097	12.4	-0.034	1.097
Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:35	8.388	180.6	0.003	-3.512
Okauia Okauia Springs Road Bridge on the Waihou River	21/05/19 20:40	26.835	20.9	-0.002	-2.665
Opitonui Downstream Awaroa confluence on Opitonui	21/05/19 20:15	0.282	0.1	0.006	-7.218
Orere Orere Point Rd on the Orere River	21/05/19 20:30	0.170	0.3	0.000	0.170
Otewa Waipa River Road near Otewa on the Waipa River	21/05/19 20:30	75.617	4.1	0.000	-2.183
Otorohanga SH 31 Bridge Otorohanga on the Waipa River	21/05/19 20:30	28.281	8.1	0.000	-3.219
Piako P-T Road Paeroa-Tahuna Road Bridge on the Piako River	21/05/19 20:35	1.579	0.8	0.000	-3.921
Pinedale Pinedale on the Oraka River	21/05/19 20:30	1.093	2.3	-0.001	1.093
Pirongia Pukehoua Bridge on Baffin Road Pirongia	21/05/19 20:30	12.373	21.0	-0.000	-7.627
Puke Bridge Puke Bridge Paeroa (tidal) on the Waihou River	21/05/19 20:40	0.464		0.402	-3.536
Puniu Pokuru Road Bridge Te Awamutu on the Puniu River	21/05/19 20:30	7.890	3.8	-0.003	-4.610
QueensHead QueensHead on the Ohinemuri River	21/05/19 20:30	0.100	0.5	0.000	-9.700
Raglan Wharf Raglan Harbour at Wharf	21/05/19 20:00	1.148		0.000	-6.352
Rangiriri Rangiriri on the Waikato River	21/05/19 20:40	4.984	203.5	-0.001	-2.016
Ropeway Ropeway Island Block Road on the Whangamarino River	21/05/19 20:40	3.032		0.000	-1.968
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Road Bridge on the Waihou River	21/05/19 20:40	13.760		-0.001	-2.240
Tairua Broken Hills on the Tairua River	21/05/19 20:30	1.092	0.7	0.000	-2.408
Tauranga-Taupo SH1 Tauranga Taupo at SH1	21/05/19 20:30	356.144		-0.007	356.144
Tauranga-Taupo Te Kono off Kiko Road on Tauranga-Taupo River	21/05/19 20:30	0.222	5.0	0.000	-1.278
Te Aroha Te Aroha on the Waihou River	21/05/19 20:40	7.176	27.6	-0.002	-2.124
Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Pumping Station on the Mangaokewa River	21/05/19 20:30	48.546	1.3	-0.001	-1.454
Thames Tide Tararu (Tidal) on the Firth of Thames	21/05/19 20:41	1.656		0.427	-0.394
Tirohia Tirohia (tidal) on the Waihou River	21/05/19 20:40	1.988	22.9	-0.004	-2.511
Tuakau SH 22 Bridge Tuakau on the Whakapipi Stream	21/05/19 20:30	7.984	0.1	0.000	-1.016
Tuakau Tuakua Road Bridge on Waikato	21/05/19 20:30	0.763		-0.080	0.763
Waharoa Waharoa on the Waitoa River	21/05/19 20:30	45.566	0.3	-0.002	-1.434
Waingaro Ruakiwi Road Bridge on the Waingaro River	21/05/19 20:30	0.614	0.3	-0.002	-2.386
Waiwawa Waiwawa at Rangihau Rd Ford	21/05/19 20:30	0.151	1.1	0.001	0.151
Whareroa Whareroa at FishTrap	21/05/19 12:00	0.642	0.8	0.000	0.642
Whatawhata SH 23 Bridge Whatawhata on the Waipa River	21/05/19 20:35	8.909	26.4	-0.001	-6.591
Whitianga Tide Whitianga Wharf (tidal) on the Whitianga Harbour	21/05/19 20:30	0.905		0.222	-0.295

Footnotes

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