North of Wanaka on SH6 towards the west coast is Lake Hawea and the small holiday settlement of Hawea. Lake Hawea, like its neighbour Lake Wanaka, occupies an ancient glacier valley, and only a narrow strip of moraine known as ‘The Neck’ separates the two. Lake Hawea is noted for its fishing and beautiful scenery, with mountain reflections that disappear towards its remote upper reaches, 35 km north of Hawea settlement. The lake level was raised by 18 m in 1958 as part of the Clutha River hydropower system. Hawea itself nestles on its southern shore and, although a fairly new settlement, was formerly the site of an important and strategic Maori pa.
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