Forest Lakes | |
|---|---|
Rural locality | |
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| Coordinates: 40°43′55″S 175°10′44″E / 40.732°S 175.179°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Wellington Region |
| Territorial authority | Kāpiti Coast District |
| Ward | Ōtaki Ward |
| Community | Ōtaki Community |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Kāpiti Coast District Council |
| • Regional council | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
| • Ōtaki MP | Tim Costley |
| • Te Tai Hauāuru MP | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.63 km2 (13.37 sq mi) |
Forest Lakes is a rural locality in the Kāpiti Coast District of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located between Ōtaki and the northern boundary of Kāpiti Coast. Forest Lakes Road runs west from State Highway 1. The area contains Lake Waitawa, Ngatotara Lagoon, and several smaller lakes. Lake Kopureherehere is just north of the district border.[3]
Forest Lakes Station flourished in the area from the 1870s[4] to the 1920s.[5] The Forest Lakes Homestead is now part of a camping and conference centre.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Lake Waitawa, Wellington (Map).
- ^ "Untitled". Evening Post. 7 November 1877. p. 3.
- ^ "Otaki Stock Sale". Otaki Mail. 15 December 1926. p. 2.
- ^ "Homestead". Forest Lakes Camping and Conference Centre. Retrieved 17 May 2021.