Lake Te Paritu

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| other_name = Black Lake

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| caption = Caldera of the Mayor Island (New Zealand) in 1986

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Lake Te Paritu, also known as Black Lake, is one of two small crater lakes on Mayor Island / Tuhua in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is connected to the larger Lake Aroarotamahine or Green Lake by a wetland, but there is no surface outlet to the sea as both lakes are in a depression.New Zealand 1:50000 Topographic Map Series sheet BC37 – Mayor Island

Black colour

The lake has a black colour due to fine sediment. According to Māori legend, the black is the blood of Tuhua (obsidian) which fought a battle with Pounamu (greenstone) who, defeated, fled to the South Island.{{cite web|last=Eagles|first=Jim|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/new-zealand-travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500882&objectid=10584650|title=Bay of Plenty: The island of dark crystal|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=17 July 2009}}

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Category:Lakes of the Bay of Plenty Region

Category:Volcanic crater lakes

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