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	11/12/18 03:10	0.812	5.0	0.000	-1.088
Control Structure Whangamarino Control Structure on the Waikato River	11/12/18 03:10	2.206		0.045	-1.044
Falls Road Upstream of Falls Road on the Whangamarino Wetland	11/12/18 03:10	3.460		-0.007	-1.540
Hamilton Victoria Bridge Hamilton on the Waikato River	11/12/18 03:00	12.667	282.4	0.008	-1.333
Hoods Landing Hoods Landing Road on the Waikato River	11/12/18 03:00	0.920		-0.247	-1.280
Huntly Huntly Power Station on the Waikato River	11/12/18 03:00	7.428	307.1	0.013	-2.372
Kaniwhaniwha Kaniwhaniwha at Wrights Road	11/12/18 03:00	16.733	2.1	-0.001	9.233
Karangahake River Road Karangahake on the Ohinemuri River	11/12/18 03:10	12.133	11.0	-0.001	-1.867
Kauaeranga Kauaeranga Valley Road Thames on the Kauaeranga River	11/12/18 03:10	6.149	2.4	-0.000	-1.551
Kawhia Wharf Kawhia Harbour at Wharf	11/12/18 03:00	0.256		-0.544	-7.244
Kiwitahi Kiwitahi on the Piako River	11/12/18 03:10	1.217	0.7	0.000	-1.283
Mangapu SH 3 above Mangaokewa Confl on the Mangapu Stream	11/12/18 03:00	2.293	1.7	-0.002	2.293
Mangatangi SH 2 Maramarua on the Mangatangi River	11/12/18 03:10	8.541	1.0	0.000	-2.459
Mangatawhiri SH 2 Bridge on the Mangatawhiri River	11/12/18 03:00	4.444	0.9	0.000	-2.056
Mangatutu Walker Rd (Waikeria) on the Mangatutu Stream	11/12/18 03:00	1.187	2.1	0.007	-6.313
Mangawara Jefferis near Hoe-O-Tainui on the Mangawara River	11/12/18 03:10	16.897	1.0	0.001	-1.603
Manu Bay Manu Bay at BoatRamp	11/12/18 02:55	-0.173		-0.556	-7.673
Matahuru Waiterimu Road Bridge on the Matahuru River	11/12/18 03:10	5.636	13.7	-0.001	-1.864
Maukoro Landing Maukoro Landing Road Patetonga on the Piako River	11/12/18 03:10	0.754		-0.166	-1.596
Mellon Road Mellon Road Bridge Elstow on the Waitoa River	11/12/18 03:10	6.091	4.5	0.000	-1.409
Mercer Ferry Road Bridge Mercer on the Waikato River	11/12/18 03:00	2.014	289.5	0.050	-1.886
Moakurarua Moakurarua at Farm Bridge	11/12/18 03:00	21.111	3.9	-0.000	13.611
Mokau Totoro Rd Bridge on the Mokau River	11/12/18 03:05	1.103	12.7	0.000	1.103
Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia on the Waikato River	11/12/18 02:40	9.240	306.1	0.007	-2.660
Okauia Okauia Springs Road Bridge on the Waihou River	11/12/18 03:10	27.142	24.0	0.002	-2.358
Opitonui Downstream Awaroa confluence on Opitonui	11/12/18 02:50	0.368	0.4	-0.001	-7.132
Orere Orere Point Rd on the Orere River	11/12/18 03:00	0.249	0.8	0.000	0.249
Otewa Waipa River Road near Otewa on the Waipa River	11/12/18 03:10	75.724	6.5	-0.001	-2.076
Otorohanga SH 31 Bridge Otorohanga on the Waipa River	11/12/18 03:10	28.415	12.1	0.000	-3.085
Piako P-T Road Paeroa-Tahuna Road Bridge on the Piako River	11/12/18 02:45	1.974	2.5	0.000	-3.526
Pinedale Pinedale on the Oraka River	11/12/18 03:00	1.162	3.0	-0.006	1.162
Pirongia Pukehoua Bridge on Baffin Road Pirongia	11/12/18 03:00	12.861	34.0	-0.003	-7.139
Puke Bridge Puke Bridge Paeroa (tidal) on the Waihou River	11/12/18 02:40	1.039		-0.190	-2.961
Puniu Pokuru Road Bridge Te Awamutu on the Puniu River	11/12/18 03:10	8.865	13.2	0.019	-3.635
QueensHead QueensHead on the Ohinemuri River	11/12/18 03:00	0.595	5.9	0.000	-9.205
Raglan Wharf Raglan Harbour at Wharf	11/12/18 03:00	1.148		0.000	-6.352
Rangiriri Rangiriri on the Waikato River	11/12/18 02:45	5.508	308.5	0.018	-1.492
Ropeway Ropeway Island Block Road on the Whangamarino River	11/12/18 02:45	3.312		-0.005	-1.688
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Road Bridge on the Waihou River	11/12/18 02:45	14.313		0.003	-1.687
Tairua Broken Hills on the Tairua River	11/12/18 03:00	1.298	3.1	-0.000	-2.202
Tauranga-Taupo SH1 Tauranga Taupo at SH1	11/12/18 03:00	356.475		-0.001	356.475
Tauranga-Taupo Te Kono off Kiko Road on Tauranga-Taupo River	11/12/18 03:00	0.265	6.0	-0.002	-1.235
Te Aroha Te Aroha on the Waihou River	11/12/18 02:45	7.812	42.1	-0.002	-1.488
Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Pumping Station on the Mangaokewa River	11/12/18 03:10	48.558	2.0	-0.005	-1.442
Thames Tide Tararu (Tidal) on the Firth of Thames	11/12/18 02:49	-1.184		-0.388	-3.234
Tirohia Tirohia (tidal) on the Waihou River	11/12/18 02:45	2.712	42.6	-0.020	-1.788
Tuakau SH 22 Bridge Tuakau on the Whakapipi Stream	11/12/18 03:00	8.113	0.3	0.000	-0.887
Tuakau Tuakua Road Bridge on Waikato	11/12/18 03:00	1.458		-0.050	1.458
Waharoa Waharoa on the Waitoa River	11/12/18 03:00	45.710	0.9	-0.001	-1.290
Waingaro Ruakiwi Road Bridge on the Waingaro River	11/12/18 03:00	0.845	1.2	0.001	-2.155
Waiwawa Waiwawa at Rangihau Rd Ford	11/12/18 03:00	0.249	2.4	0.000	0.249
Whareroa Whareroa at FishTrap	11/12/18 00:00	0.741	0.8	0.000	0.741
Whatawhata SH 23 Bridge Whatawhata on the Waipa River	11/12/18 03:10	9.906	47.3	0.009	-5.594
Whitianga Tide Whitianga Wharf (tidal) on the Whitianga Harbour	11/12/18 03:00	-0.579		-0.172	-1.779

Footnotes

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