Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate
to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.
Auckland-Waitemata 690/001 RLR(1986) is 10.2m below Auckland Harbour BM
Documentation added 1999-03-02
Type of gauge=Munro Float gauge
Documentation added 2000-04-26
The RLR time series for Auckland-Waitemata (690/001) and Auckland II (690/002) are measured with respect to the same datum so they can be combined if required.
Documentation added 2002-02-07
Auckland data now supplied by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Previously supplied by Royal NZ Navy.
Documentation added 2003-01-17
New data from John Hannah added 17/01/03 which supercedes old data. New data does not have any missing days information. Old data has been backed up.
Documentation added 2003-01-17
New data from John Hannah was for Auckland II, Dunedin II, Lyttelton II and Wellington II.
Documentation added 2005-10-17
There is a new John Hannah paper referring to New Zealand data for Wellington, Dunedin, Lyttelton and Auckland. The reference is: "An updated analysis of long-term sea level change in New Zealand." Geophysical Research Letters, V31, L03307, doi:10.1029/2003GL019166 (2004). Prior to 1984 data supplied by Department of Survey and Land N.Z. Upto 1960 gauge site at 36 51 S 174 49 E
Data Authority
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