| Hokowhitu Lagoon | |
|---|---|
| Centennial Lagoon | |
 Hokowhitu Lagoon | |
  Hokowhitu Lagoon Location of Hokowhitu Lagoon within the North Island | |
| Coordinates | 40°22′2.42″S 175°37′44.22″E / 40.3673389°S 175.6289500°E |
| Type | Oxbow lake |
| Primary inflows | Artesian Bore |
| Primary outflows | Earthquake-produced drainage from unknown source |
| Catchment area | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Max. length | ~1.06 km (0.66 mi)[citation needed] |
| Max. width | ~70 m (230 ft)[citation needed] |
| Average depth | 2.2 m (7.2 ft) (as of 2009)[1] |
| Settlements | Palmerston North |
Hokowhitu Lagoon, also sometimes called Centennial Lagoon, is a natural oxbow lake in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Hokowhitu was created from a meander of the Manawatu River. Many features surround the lagoon including a walkway, Caccia Birch House, and a former campus of a Massey University — the facilities of which are now used by the New Zealand Defence Force, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and the Abbey Theatre Company. The lagoon also gives its name to the surrounding suburb, Hokowhitu.
An artesian bore, which was completed in 2009, is drilled 94 metres (308 ft) into an underground aquifer which supplies the lagoon with 250,000 litres of water daily.[2]
- ^ "Pest fish survey of Hokowhitu (Centennial) Lagoon, Palmerston North" (PDF). Doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Lagoon Bore will Sustain Water Level". Pncc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2016-07-24.