Lake Waingata

{{Short description|Lake in the North Island of New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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Lake Waingata is a lake on the Pouto Peninsula in the Kaipara District of New Zealand.{{LINZ|id=52581|name=|accessdate=2009-10-01}}

It is situated about {{convert|53|km}} southwest of Dargaville, along with neighbouring Lake Rotokawau it is surrounded by pastoral grassland.{{cite web |title='At risk' kākahi thriving in Rotokawau |url=https://www.nrc.govt.nz/our-northland/story/?id=76464 |website=Northland Regional Council |access-date=23 February 2025}} The two lakes are separated by a thin piece of land approx {{convert|100|m}} wide at its narrowest point.{{cite web |title=Lake Waingata |url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-36.35114,174.15072&z=14 |website=NZ Topo Map |access-date=25 February 2025}}