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Charts of coastal bathymetry, sediment, and other information are available for purchase.

Charts of coastal bathymetry, sediment, and other information are available for purchase.

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NIWA produces a wide range of charts, including bathymetry, sediment, and circulation charts.

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All prices are quoted in New Zealand dollars (NZ$) and include postage and handling. Note that NZ$5 is added if shipping overseas. Some charts may no longer be available.

For lake charts, please contact us for further information or to place an order.

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Coastal bathymetry / sediments, 1:200,000

NIWA produces a variety of Bathymetric Charts that cover coastal New Zealand and many offshore areas. Bathymetric charts show the depth of the ocean contoured into lines of equal depth (bathymetry) and are particularly useful for pinpointing pinnacles, holes, and other bottom features. A sediment edition that illustrates the nature of the bottom type (rock, sand, gravel, and so on) is available for some of these same areas. Please order your charts by name (e.g. Cook Strait Bathymetry, or Bay of Plenty Sediment). Please add $5 per chart for overseas orders.

Example Coastal Bathymetry Series Chart

Coverage

List of Charts

AreaBathymetryPriceSedimentPrice
Banks1977$151979$15
Bay of Plenty1992$201979$15
Campbell1988$15
Cook Strait1996$201980N/A
Cuvier1988$15
Dusky2001$20
East Cape1996$20
Egmont1966$15
Ellesmere1980$151981$15
Foulwind1979$15
Foveaux2001$201965$15
Hauraki1992$201980$15
Hokianga1984N/A
Hokitika1972$15
Jackson1981$15
Kaipara1984N/A
Karamea1972$15
Mahia1992$20
Mernoo1993$20
Milford2001$20
Mokau1973N/A1983$15
North Cape1990$20
Nuggets1987$15
Oamaru1981$151986$15
Otago1986$15
Palliser1988N/A
Patea1992$201988N/A
Pegasus1983$151992$20
Poor Knights2002$201986N/A
Raglan1968N/A1974N/A
Tasman1986$151982$15
Three Kings1990$20
Turnagain2002$201970N/A

Oceanic bathymetry / sediments, 1:1,000,000

NIWA produces a series of oceanic charts at this smaller scale. These illustrate the large scale features of the New Zealand region, particularly those offshore in deeper water. Some areas also have a sediment edition. Please order your chart by name (e.g. Three Kings Oceanic Bathymetry). Add $5 per chart for overseas orders.

Coverage

Oceanic area names and coverage

List of Charts

AreaBathymetryPriceSedimentPrice
Auckland1967$15
Balleny1970$15
Bellona1977$15
Bounty1970$151982$15
Campbell1967$15
Chatham1969$15
Cook1991$201975$15
Esperance1997$20
Hjort1976$15
Kandavu1975$15
Lachlan1996$20
Lord Howe1968$15
Macquarie1967$15
Norfolk1969$15
Port Jackson1975$15
Pukaki1966$15
Rarotonga1969$15
Resolution1972$15
Rotuma1974$15
Three Kings1968N/A1979$15
Tonga1971N/A

Lake Bathymetry, various scales

NIWA has published a lake chart for every lake in New Zealand that can be surveyed, except for Lake Dunstan. The charts are of various scales that are determined to be the most appropriate for the size of the lake.

The compilation and publication dates range from 1966 to 1989.

These charts are available for $15 each (plus $5 per chart for overseas orders). Please contact us for further information or to place an order.

List of charts

AreaBathymetry
Alabaster, see McKerrow1983
Alexandrina : McGregor1978
Arapuni1986
Aviemore1987
Atiamuri:  Ohakuri  Rotongaio1978
Benmore1981
Blue, see Diamond1982
Brunner1981
Camp, see Clearwater1985
Catherine, see Selfe1985
Clearwater : Camp1985
Coleridge1970
Diamond :  Blue1982
Dispute, see Luna1982
Ellesmere1989
Emma : Roundabout : Maori1985
Evelyn, see Selfe1985
Forsyth1979
Georgina, see Selfe1985
Grassmere1969
Gunn1980
Hauroko1979
Hawea1975
Hayes1981
Heron1984
Hochstetter, see Mahinapua1982
Horowhenua1979
Humuhumu1978
Ianthe : Poerua1982
Ida : Little Ida, see Selfe1985
Johnson, see Moke1982
Kai-Iwi, see Waikere1971
Kaniere1982
Karapiro1986
Katrine, see Sumner1979
Kirkpatrick, see Moke1982
Luna :  Dispute1982
Lyndon1985
McGregor, see Alexandrina1978
McKerrow : Alabaster1983
Mahinapua :  Hochstetter1982
Mahinerangi  (Eastern & Western Sheets)1979
Manapouri1969
Mangahia, see Rotomanuka1982
Mangakaware, see Maratoto1982
Maori, see Emma1985
Mapourika, see Wahapo1979
Maraetai1989
Maratoto : Mangakaware1982
Marion, see Sumner1979
Mason, see Sumner1979
Matahina1982
Mavora, North and South1981
Moawhango1986
Moeraki : Paringa1978
Moke : Johnson : Kirkpatrick1982
Monowai1981
Ngahewa : Rotokawau1973
Ngapouri, see Okaro1974
Ngatu : Rotoroa1982
Ohakuri, see Atiamuri1978
Ohau1970
Okareka1973
Okaro : Ngapouri1974
Okataina1967
Omapere1982
Orakai, see Tutira1978
Otamangakau1989
Ototoa1981
Owhareiti1973
Paringa, see Moeraki1978
Pearson1970
Poerua, see Ianthe1982
Pukaki1970
Pupuke1989
Rerewhakaaitu1970
Rotoaira : Rotopounamu1999
Rotoehu1974
Rotoiti, North Island, 2nd ed.1992
Rotoiti, South Island1976
Rotokakahi (Green Lake)1970
Rotokawau, see Ngahewa1973
Rotoma1967
Rotomahana1982
Rotomanuka : Rotomanuka South :  Manahia1982
Rotongaio, see Atiamuri1978
Rotopounamu, see Rotoaira1973
Rotoroa, North Island, see Ngatu1982
Rotoroa, South Island1976
Rotoruasold out
Roundabout, see Emma1985
Selfe : Evelyn : Ida : Little Ida :  Catherine : Georgina1985
Sheppard : Taylor1982
Sumner : Katrine : Mason : Marion1979
Taharoa, see Waikere1971
Tarawera reprinted1969
Tauposold out
Taylor, see Sheppard1982
Te Anau1971
Tekapo1973
Tikitapu (Blue Lake)1967
Tutira : Waikapiro : Orakai1978
Wahakari, see Waiparera1976
Wahapo :  Mapourika1979
Wahi1981
Waihola1987
Waikapiro, see Tutira1978
Waikare1981
Waikareiti1982
Waikaremoana1977
Waikere : Taharoa : Kai-Iwi1971
Waiparera : Wahakari1976
Waipori1987
Waiarapa1978
Waitaki1987
Wakatipusold out
Wanaka1976
Whangape1981

See also Miscellaneous Series

AreaBathymetry
No. 52 Inferno Crater Lake1981
No. 53 Frying Pan Lake1981

Island bathymetry

List of Charts

Chart NamePublished
Aitutaki1966
Antipodes1969
Atiu1968
Auckland1967
Bounty1969
Buckle1969
Campbell1971
Chatham1967
Ha'apai1972
Macquarie1970
Manihiki* : Rakahanga1982
Mangaia1968
Manuae1968
Mauke1969
Niue1966
Norfolk1981
Palmerston**1987
Penrhyn1982
Pukapuka : Nassau1982
Rarotonga***1967
Sturge1969
Suwarrow1987

* See also Miscellaneous Series No. 4 ** See also Miscellaneous Series No. 57 *** See also Miscellaneous Series No. 56

Miscellaneous charts

Other charts include a range of bathymetric charts of areas of special interest around New Zealand. These include many of the Sounds of Fiordland, New Zealand Island Territories, and the Marlborough Sounds. We also produce a range of sediment charts, such as Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, Rangaunu Harbour, and Wellington South Coast. Some excellent charts of various scales are also available that show the entire New Zealand region. There are more than 70 charts in this miscellaneous series, so please contact us for details, specifying your area of interest. $15–$30 (plus $5 for overseas orders).

List of charts

No.Chart NameDate
1Currents in the southern New Zealand region1960
2New Zealand region winter sea surface temperatures 19561962
3New Zealand region summer sea surface temperatures 19571962
4Manihiki Atoll bathymetry1962
5Milford Sound Bathymetry, 2nd ed.1985
6*Chatham Rise sediments1963
7Tsunami travel times to New Zealand1964
8Bounty Trough magnetic field – Total intensity and anomalies1965
9Coastal Series Charts : Index to Sheets1964
10Temperature and salinity distribution south of New Zealand1966
11Oceanic Series Charts : Index to Sheets1965
12North Island New Zealand bathymetry1960
13South Island New Zealand bathymetry1960
14Wellington Harbour sediments1966
15New Zealand region bathymetry, 2nd ed. See now No. 731980
16New Zealand region sea water temperatures at the ocean floor1969
17Mid-shelf temperatures around New Zealand Winter1969
18Mid-shelf temperatures around New Zealand Summer1969
19Western Tasman Sea geomagnetic anomalies1971
20Tectonic map of the South-west Pacific1970
21Wanganella Bank bathymetry1972
22Queen Charlotte Sound bathymetry1975
23Caswell Sound bathymetry1973
24Nancy Sound bathymetry1974
25Wellington Harbour bathymetry1976
26Southwest Pacific Ocean : Surface salinity1979
27Southwest Pacific Ocean: Temperature at 200m1979
28Southwest Pacific Ocean : Salinity at 200m1979
No.Chart NameDate
29Southwest Pacific Ocean : Salinity at the core of Antarctic Intermediate Water1979
30Southwest Pacific Ocean : Depth of core of Antarctic Intermediate Water1979
31Southwest Pacific Ocean : Dynamic height anomaly of the sea surface relative to 1,000 decibars1979
32Southwest Pacific Ocean : Water temperature at the ocean floor1979
33Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Distribution1974
34Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Manganese content1974
35Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Iron content1974
36Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Copper content1974
37Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Nickel content1974
38Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Cobalt content1974
39Manganese sediments, submarine volcanism and submarine geothermal activity in the South Pacific Ocean1974
40Manganese deposits in the South Pacific Ocean Relation to sediment type1974
41New Zealand region zooplankton biomass 0-200m1980
42New Zealand region primary productivity Surface1980
43New Zealand region primary productivity Integrated1980
44New Zealand region surface chlorophyll a,1980
45M2 tidal currents in Cook Strait (phase of the moon/lunar tides)1976
46New Zealand region reactive phosphorus (October-April) surface1980
47Pauatahanui Inlet bathymetry1978
48Porirua Inlet bathymetry1978
49Porirua Harbour bathymetry1978
50Pauatahanui Inlet sediments1978
51New Zealand region physiography1979
52Inferno Crater Lake provisional bathymetry1981
53Frying Pan Lake provisional bathymetry1981
54Dagg Sound bathymetry1980
55Doubtful Sound bathymetry (4 sheets)1981
56Rarotonga near shore bathymetry1981
57Palmerston Atoll bathymetry1984
58Preservation Inlet bathymetry (2 sheets)1982
59George Sound bathymetry1982
60Central Chatham Rise bathymetry (2 sheets)1984
61Bligh Sound bathymetry1985
62McMurdo Sound bathymetry1985
63Rangaunu Harbour and Bay sediments1986
64Pelorus Sound bathymetry (2 sheets)1987
65Central Chatham Rise : Phosphorite distribution (2 sheets)1986
66Three Kings Shelf bathymetry1988
67New Zealand region sediments1989
68Bay of Plenty-southern Havre Trough Physiography1990
69Wellington south coast substrates1993
70Manukau and Waitemata Harbours sediments1994
71Southern Kermadec volcanoes1995
72North Hikurangi GeodyNZ Swath Maps : Depths, textures and geological interpretation1996
73*New Zealand region bathymetry, 3rd ed. (see updated version, No. 85)1997
74Undersea New Zealand : New Zealand physiography1997
75South Hikurangi GeodyNZ Swath Maps : Depths, texture and geological interpretation1998
76New Zealand regional currents (Ocean Circulation)1998
77Central Hikurangi GeodyNZ Swath Maps : Depths, texture and geological interpretation1999
78Kaikoura Canyon : Depths, shelf texture and whale dives1998
79Sediment from New Zealand rivers2003
80Discovering the Ocean Floor: 130 years of charting progress in New Zealand2004
81New Zealand’s Undersea Volcanoes2004
82Chatham Rise bathymetry2005
83New Zealand’s Fisheries Management Areas2005
85New Zealand Region Bathymetry chart2008

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