{{Short description|Lake in the North Island of New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Rotokauri | image = File:Lake Rotokauri.jpg | caption = Lake Rotokauri and Hakarimatas | alt = Reeds with a small lake behind, and mountains behind that | image_bathymetry = | pushpin_map = North Island | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Rotokauri | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[North Island]] | coords = {{coord|37|45|45|S|175|11|45|E |region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline,title}} | type = [[peat]] | inflow = Numerous drains including [[Te Rapa]]/[[Rotokauri]] and [[Hamilton Zoo]] drains | outflow = Ohote Stream | catchment = {{convert|9|km2|acres|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = New Zealand | length = {{convert|1.2|km|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|0.8|km|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|77|ha|acres}} (open water) | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|4|m|ft}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|24|m|ft}} | frozen = | islands = | cities = | reference = }} '''Lake Rotokauri''' is located approximately 7&nbsp;km to the northwest of [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-city/parks/parksandgardens/Documents/Lake%20Rotokauri%20Management%20Plan%20-%20Operative%20Plan%20-%20November%202002.pdf|title=Lake Rotokauri Management Plan|last=|first=|date=|website=Hamilton City Council|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> It is a peat lake, and is one of the Waipa Peat lakes.

The lake has a maximum depth of four metres and the open water covers approximately 77 hectares.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/environment/natural-resources/water/lakes/shallow-lakes-of-the-waikato-region/peat-lakes/lake-rotokauri/|title=Lake Rotokauri|website=Waikato Regional Council|language=en-NZ|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref> Lake Rotokauri drains into the [[Waipā River]] via the Ohote Stream.<ref name=":0" />

The lake catchment area has a mixture of land uses including residential, industrial and pastoral.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lernz.co.nz/tools-and-resources/databases/waikato-lakes-database/lake-rotokauri|title=Lake Rotokauri – Databases – Tools & Resources – LERNZ Home|website=LERNZ – Lake Ecosystem Research New Zealand|access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref>

==Etymology== In [[Māori language|Māori]], ''rotokauri'' means "[[kauri]] lake".<ref>[[Alexander Wyclif Reed|Reed, A.W.]] (1975). ''Place names of New Zealand''. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 365.</ref>

== See also == * [[List of lakes of New Zealand]]

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