New Zealand

Every New Zealand page is in metric, and the season runs the other way: most rivers open on October 1 and close on April 30, with some lakes and lower rivers open all year. Weather comes from MET Norway, with MetService warnings. On the North Island we cover Taupō and the Tongariro, the Rotorua lakes, the Rangitīkei and the rivers of Hawke's Bay. On the South Island we cover the Motueka, Nelson Lakes and the Wairau at the top of the island, the Canterbury salmon rivers and the Mackenzie canals, the West Coast, and the Mataura, the Oreti, the Otago lakes and the Fiordland rivers in the south.

Live flow comes from the regional councils that publish open data. Where a river has no open gauge, its page says so, and the guide tells you how to read the water by eye. You need a Fish & Game licence for most waters, and a separate Taupō licence for the Taupō fishery.