List of waterfalls in New Zealand

New Zealand, according to the gazetteer maintained by Land Information New Zealand has "249 named waterfalls and 31 named rapids".

For example, the Browne Falls is claimed by some to be a waterfall with a drop of 800 metres.

Other sources describe it as a steep stream with numerous small cataracts.

Many of the highest New Zealand waterfalls are in Fiordland National Park in the Southland region of the South Island, and are geographically on the west coast; an area with very high rainfall.

Several of the waterfalls empty into fiords off the Tasman Sea:

Wairēinga / Bridal Veil Falls
Huka Falls
Purakaunui Falls
Sutherland Falls