River levels and flow - latest reading

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River levels and flow - latest reading

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	15/10/19 08:00	0.918	10.0	-0.004	-0.982
Control Structure Whangamarino Control Structure on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:00	2.057		-0.005	-1.193
Falls Road Upstream of Falls Road on the Whangamarino Wetland	15/10/19 08:05	3.373		0.010	-1.627
Hamilton Victoria Bridge Hamilton on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:30	11.985	200.1	-0.013	-2.015
Hoods Landing Hoods Landing Road on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:30	0.605		0.450	-1.595
Huntly Huntly Power Station on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:15	7.351	291.5	0.006	-2.449
Kaniwhaniwha Kaniwhaniwha at Wrights Road	15/10/19 08:30	16.524	3.0	0.005	9.024
Karangahake River Road Karangahake on the Ohinemuri River	15/10/19 08:05	14.733	242.2	0.339	0.733
Kauaeranga Kauaeranga Valley Road Thames on the Kauaeranga River	15/10/19 08:05	8.215	160.8	-0.523	0.515
Kawhia Wharf Kawhia Harbour at Wharf	15/10/19 08:30	0.599		0.635	-6.901
Kiwitahi Kiwitahi on the Piako River	15/10/19 08:05	1.343	1.2	0.008	-1.157
Mangapu SH 3 above Mangaokewa Confl on the Mangapu Stream	15/10/19 08:30	2.679	3.7	0.000	2.679
Mangatangi SH 2 Maramarua on the Mangatangi River	15/10/19 08:00	8.839	3.5	0.088	-2.161
Mangatawhiri SH 2 Bridge on the Mangatawhiri River	15/10/19 08:30	6.552	54.8	0.021	0.052
Mangatutu Walker Rd (Waikeria) on the Mangatutu Stream	15/10/19 08:30	1.376	3.9	-0.001	-6.124
Mangawara Jefferis near Hoe-O-Tainui on the Mangawara River	15/10/19 08:05	17.530	3.1	0.140	-0.970
Manu Bay Manu Bay at BoatRamp	15/10/19 08:30	0.891		0.756	-6.609
Matahuru Waiterimu Road Bridge on the Matahuru River	15/10/19 08:00	5.790		0.046	-1.710
Maukoro Landing Maukoro Landing Road Patetonga on the Piako River	15/10/19 08:25	1.034		0.374	-1.316
Mellon Road Mellon Road Bridge Elstow on the Waitoa River	15/10/19 08:05	6.338	5.8	0.058	-1.162
Mercer Ferry Road Bridge Mercer on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:00	1.982	286.3	-0.000	-1.918
Moakurarua Moakurarua at Farm Bridge	15/10/19 08:30	21.401	7.6	0.006	13.901
Mokau Totoro Rd Bridge on the Mokau River	15/10/19 08:00	1.556	34.0	0.002	1.556
Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:10	9.076	289.9	-0.005	-2.824
Okauia Okauia Springs Road Bridge on the Waihou River	15/10/19 08:10	27.041	24.4	0.013	-2.459
Opitonui Downstream Awaroa confluence on Opitonui	15/10/19 07:35	2.006	18.9	-0.297	-5.494
Orere Orere Point Rd on the Orere River	15/10/19 08:30	0.786	14.0	-0.088	0.786
Otewa Waipa River Road near Otewa on the Waipa River	15/10/19 08:30	75.944	13.2	0.000	-1.856
Otorohanga SH 31 Bridge Otorohanga on the Waipa River	15/10/19 08:00	28.893	28.8	0.001	-2.607
Piako P-T Road Paeroa-Tahuna Road Bridge on the Piako River	15/10/19 08:10	2.102	3.7	0.006	-3.398
Pinedale Pinedale on the Oraka River	15/10/19 08:30	1.124	2.5	-0.001	1.124
Pirongia Pukehoua Bridge on Baffin Road Pirongia	15/10/19 08:30	13.902	64.4	-0.003	-6.098
Puke Bridge Puke Bridge Paeroa (tidal) on the Waihou River	15/10/19 08:10	2.398		0.376	-1.602
Puniu Pokuru Road Bridge Te Awamutu on the Puniu River	15/10/19 08:00	8.846	13.5	0.001	-3.654
QueensHead QueensHead on the Ohinemuri River	15/10/19 08:30	3.022	75.9	0.340	-6.778
Raglan Wharf Raglan Harbour at Wharf	15/10/19 08:00	1.148		0.000	-6.352
Rangiriri Rangiriri on the Waikato River	15/10/19 08:05	5.489	304.7	0.009	-1.511
Ropeway Ropeway Island Block Road on the Whangamarino River	15/10/19 08:05	3.252		0.005	-1.748
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Road Bridge on the Waihou River	15/10/19 08:10	14.219		0.037	-1.781
Tairua Broken Hills on the Tairua River	15/10/19 08:30	2.911	125.9	-0.143	-0.589
Tauranga-Taupo SH1 Tauranga Taupo at SH1	15/10/19 08:30	356.928		-0.001	356.928
Tauranga-Taupo Te Kono off Kiko Road on Tauranga-Taupo River	15/10/19 08:30	0.425	10.1	0.003	-1.075
Te Aroha Te Aroha on the Waihou River	15/10/19 08:10	8.851	67.0	0.168	-0.449
Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Pumping Station on the Mangaokewa River	15/10/19 08:00	48.904	5.9	0.001	-1.096
Thames Tide Tararu (Tidal) on the Firth of Thames	15/10/19 08:13	1.736		0.144	-0.314
Tirohia Tirohia (tidal) on the Waihou River	15/10/19 08:10	3.307	65.2	0.171	-1.193
Tuakau SH 22 Bridge Tuakau on the Whakapipi Stream	15/10/19 08:30	8.536	4.7	0.052	-0.464
Tuakau Tuakua Road Bridge on Waikato	15/10/19 08:30	0.990		-0.031	0.990
Waharoa Waharoa on the Waitoa River	15/10/19 08:30	45.700	0.9	0.002	-1.300
Waingaro Ruakiwi Road Bridge on the Waingaro River	15/10/19 08:30	0.959	1.5	0.006	-2.041
Waiwawa Waiwawa at Rangihau Rd Ford	15/10/19 08:30	1.464	94.3	0.082	1.464
Whareroa Whareroa at FishTrap	15/10/19 00:00	0.860	1.4	-0.001	0.860
Whatawhata SH 23 Bridge Whatawhata on the Waipa River	15/10/19 08:00	10.649	66.3	-0.002	-4.851
Whitianga Tide Whitianga Wharf (tidal) on the Whitianga Harbour	15/10/19 08:30	1.155		-0.008	-0.045

Footnotes

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

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) - Mercury Energy
Rainfall, lake and river level information: Tongariro Power Scheme - Genesis Energy
Current weather conditions, weather forecasts and severe weather bulletins - MetService.
Tidal forecasts - NIWA
Civil defence - Waikato CDEM Group or the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management.
Geological hazards, such as earthquakes - Geonet