Totarapapa Falls

Totarapapa Falls is a roadside waterfall reportedly 45m tall in the north of the remote Te Urewera National Park near the town of Murupara, New Zealand.

Mokau Falls

Mokau Falls is a 37m tall waterfall to the north of Lake Waikaremoana in Te Urewera National Park. We think it’s the most impressive waterfall in the park.

Aniwaniwa Falls – Bridal Veil Falls, Momahaki Falls, and Te Tangi-o-Hinerau Falls

The Aniwaniwa Falls (‘Rainbow Falls’ in Maori) consist of 3 waterfalls (Bridal Veil Falls, Momahaki Falls, and Te-tangi-o-Hinerau) in Te Urewera National Park.

Papakorito Falls

Papakorito Falls is a 20m rounded waterfall near the eastern shore of Lake Waikaremoana in Te Urewera National Park accessible by a short two-minute walk.

Te Reinga Falls

Te Reinga Falls is a powerful-but-hard-to-see series of waterfalls dropping 35m fed by a combination of the Ruakituri and Hangaroa Rivers in the East Coast, NZ.

Shine Falls

Shine Falls is a 58m waterfall said to be the Hawke’s Bay Region’s tallest. We accessed it on a scenic 1 hour 45 minute bush walk starting in a paddock.

Te Wairoa Falls

Te Wairoa Falls (also called Wairere Falls) was our waterfalling excuse to check out the tragic Buried Village of Te Wairoa. Like the ancient Roman city of Pompeii being buried by the pyroclastic…

Kakahi Falls

Kakahi Falls is a 12m geothermally-heated waterfall surrounded by mud volcanos, acidic lakes, and colourful springs in the Hell’s Gate Reserve near Rotorua.

Tarawera Falls

Tarawera Falls is a 35m waterfall emerging like springs from fissures and cracks in the vertical cliffs by Lake Tarawera reachable by a 350m track near Kawerau.

Wairere Falls

Wairere Falls is a 153m waterfall towering over the Waikato Plains between Te Aroha and Matamata in the Kaimai-Mamaku Range in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

McLaren Falls and “Marshall Falls”

McLaren Falls and Marshall Falls are two different waterfalls in close proximity to each other. McLaren Falls is regulated and Marshall Falls is a short walk.

Kaiate Falls (Te Rerekawau)

Kaiate Falls (or Te Rerekawau in Maori) consists of a 25m 3-tiered upper falls and a 10m lower falls accessed by a loop bush walk near Tauranga, New Zealand.

Wentworth Falls

Wentworth Falls (or Wentworth Valley Falls) at 50m tall is one of the taller waterfalls in the Coromandel area of New Zealand with a gold mining heritage.

Haruru Falls

Haruru Falls is a short (5m) but wide (15m) waterfall on the Waitangi River easily accessed from the Bay of Islands at Paihia in New Zealand’s Northland Region.

Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls is an impressive and easily-accessible 27m tall classic rectangular waterfall near the town of Kerikeri in the Northland Region of New Zealand.

Waiotemarama Falls

Waiotemarama Falls (“water of the moon” in Maori) is a 5m waterfall on the Waiotemarama Bush Track near the kauri tree forests of Northland, New Zealand

Piroa Falls

Piroa Falls is a 20m waterfall accessible by a short walk within the Waipu Gorge Scenic Reserve between Auckland and Whangarei in New Zealand’s North Island.

Whangarei Falls

Whangarei Falls (pronounced “FAHNG-uh-ray”) is a pleasing 26m rectangular waterfall accessed by a stroll with picnic areas in the city of Whangei, New Zealand.

Mist Falls

Mist Falls is a 45ft waterfall in California’s Cedar Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park en route to Paradise Valley on an 8-mile round-trip hike.

Hidden Falls

Hidden Falls is a 75-100ft waterfall at the far end of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park accessible by a 1.2-mile round-trip hike after a boat ride.