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	20/02/19 08:40	0.596	1.4	-0.001	-1.304
Control Structure Whangamarino Control Structure on the Waikato River	20/02/19 08:40	1.771		-0.016	-1.479
Falls Road Upstream of Falls Road on the Whangamarino Wetland	20/02/19 08:40	3.109		-0.001	-1.891
Hamilton Victoria Bridge Hamilton on the Waikato River	20/02/19 09:00	11.664	183.9	-0.012	-2.336
Hoods Landing Hoods Landing Road on the Waikato River	20/02/19 09:00	1.025		0.495	-1.175
Huntly Huntly Power Station on the Waikato River	20/02/19 08:45	6.920	211.1	-0.012	-2.880
Kaniwhaniwha Kaniwhaniwha at Wrights Road	20/02/19 09:00	15.922	0.5	0.000	8.422
Karangahake River Road Karangahake on the Ohinemuri River	20/02/19 08:40	11.763	1.7	0.001	-2.237
Kauaeranga Kauaeranga Valley Road Thames on the Kauaeranga River	20/02/19 08:40	5.961	0.6	-0.000	-1.739
Kawhia Wharf Kawhia Harbour at Wharf	20/02/19 09:00	1.384		0.690	-6.116
Kiwitahi Kiwitahi on the Piako River	20/02/19 08:40	0.967	0.2	0.003	-1.533
Mangapu SH 3 above Mangaokewa Confl on the Mangapu Stream	20/02/19 09:00	2.117	0.6	0.004	2.117
Mangatangi SH 2 Maramarua on the Mangatangi River	20/02/19 08:40	8.454	0.6	0.000	-2.546
Mangatawhiri SH 2 Bridge on the Mangatawhiri River	20/02/19 09:00	4.352	0.3	0.000	-2.148
Mangatutu Walker Rd (Waikeria) on the Mangatutu Stream	20/02/19 09:00	0.919	0.9	0.000	-6.581
Mangawara Jefferis near Hoe-O-Tainui on the Mangawara River	20/02/19 08:40	16.633	0.2	0.004	-1.867
Manu Bay Manu Bay at BoatRamp	25/01/19 07:05	-1.639		-0.019	-9.139
Matahuru Waiterimu Road Bridge on the Matahuru River	20/02/19 08:40	5.357	13.7	-0.019	-2.143
Maukoro Landing Maukoro Landing Road Patetonga on the Piako River	20/02/19 08:40	1.048		0.426	-1.302
Mellon Road Mellon Road Bridge Elstow on the Waitoa River	20/02/19 08:40	5.861	1.5	0.000	-1.639
Mercer Ferry Road Bridge Mercer on the Waikato River	20/02/19 09:00	1.554	214.2	-0.018	-2.346
Moakurarua Moakurarua at Farm Bridge	20/02/19 09:00	20.830	2.0	0.001	13.330
Mokau Totoro Rd Bridge on the Mokau River	20/02/19 08:00	0.801	3.8	0.001	0.801
Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River	20/02/19 08:40	8.515	206.5	-0.018	-3.385
Okauia Okauia Springs Road Bridge on the Waihou River	20/02/19 08:40	26.831	19.8	-0.001	-2.669
Opitonui Downstream Awaroa confluence on Opitonui	20/02/19 08:10	0.283	0.1	-0.003	-7.217
Orere Orere Point Rd on the Orere River	20/02/19 09:00	0.196	0.4	0.001	0.196
Otewa Waipa River Road near Otewa on the Waipa River	20/02/19 09:00	75.458	1.9	0.000	-2.342
Otorohanga SH 31 Bridge Otorohanga on the Waipa River	20/02/19 08:40	28.083	4.4	-0.020	-3.417
Piako P-T Road Paeroa-Tahuna Road Bridge on the Piako River	20/02/19 08:45	1.603	1.4	0.000	-3.897
Pinedale Pinedale on the Oraka River	20/02/19 09:00	1.105	2.4	0.000	1.105
Pirongia Pukehoua Bridge on Baffin Road Pirongia	20/02/19 08:00	12.115	14.4	-0.001	-7.885
Puke Bridge Puke Bridge Paeroa (tidal) on the Waihou River	20/02/19 08:40	1.603		0.642	-2.397
Puniu Pokuru Road Bridge Te Awamutu on the Puniu River	20/02/19 08:40	7.707	4.1	0.003	-4.793
QueensHead QueensHead on the Ohinemuri River	20/02/19 09:00	0.140	0.6	0.000	-9.660
Raglan Wharf Raglan Harbour at Wharf	20/02/19 08:00	1.148		0.000	-6.352
Rangiriri Rangiriri on the Waikato River	20/02/19 08:45	5.143	228.8	-0.003	-1.857
Ropeway Ropeway Island Block Road on the Whangamarino River	20/02/19 08:45	3.004		0.000	-1.996
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Road Bridge on the Waihou River	20/02/19 08:45	13.731		-0.008	-2.269
Tairua Broken Hills on the Tairua River	20/02/19 08:30	1.105	1.0	0.000	-2.396
Tauranga-Taupo SH1 Tauranga Taupo at SH1	20/02/19 09:00	356.416		0.006	356.416
Tauranga-Taupo Te Kono off Kiko Road on Tauranga-Taupo River	20/02/19 09:00	0.095	2.9	0.001	-1.405
Te Aroha Te Aroha on the Waihou River	20/02/19 08:45	7.173	27.5	0.000	-2.128
Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Pumping Station on the Mangaokewa River	20/02/19 08:40	48.458	0.8	-0.007	-1.542
Thames Tide Tararu (Tidal) on the Firth of Thames	20/02/19 08:49	1.563		-0.321	-0.487
Tirohia Tirohia (tidal) on the Waihou River	20/02/19 08:45	1.980	22.7	0.001	-2.519
Tuakau SH 22 Bridge Tuakau on the Whakapipi Stream	20/02/19 09:00	7.980	0.1	0.002	-1.020
Tuakau Tuakua Road Bridge on Waikato	20/02/19 09:00	0.760		-0.032	0.760
Waharoa Waharoa on the Waitoa River	20/02/19 09:00	45.552	0.3	0.000	-1.448
Waingaro Ruakiwi Road Bridge on the Waingaro River	20/02/19 09:00	0.587	0.3	-0.001	-2.413
Waiwawa Waiwawa at Rangihau Rd Ford	20/02/19 09:00	0.148	1.0	-0.000	0.148
Whareroa Whareroa at FishTrap	20/02/19 00:00	0.656	0.8	0.000	0.656
Whatawhata SH 23 Bridge Whatawhata on the Waipa River	20/02/19 08:40	8.754	21.3	-0.020	-6.746
Whitianga Tide Whitianga Wharf (tidal) on the Whitianga Harbour	20/02/19 09:00	0.860		-0.293	-0.340

Footnotes

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