Makarora

Makarora
Community
Makarora
Coordinates: 44°14′S 169°14′E / 44.233°S 169.233°E / -44.233; 169.233Coordinates: 44°14′S 169°14′E / 44.233°S 169.233°E / -44.233; 169.233
Country	New Zealand
Region	Otago
Territorial authority	Queenstown-Lakes District
Time zone	NZST (UTC+12)
• Summer (DST)	NZDT (UTC+13)

Makarora is a small community within the Queenstown-Lakes District of the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand.

It is situated on State Highway 6 on the eastern side of the Haast Pass and adjacent to the Makarora River.

Local tourism operators offer scenic plane flights and jetboating tours on the Makarora River, which is the border of the Mount Aspiring National Park.

Panorama of Makarora as seen from State Highway 6

Towns and communities in the Queenstown-Lakes District territorial authority

Arrowtown Ward	Arrowtown

Wakatipu Ward	Arcadia Arthurs Point Bullendale Cecil Peak Coronet Peak Closeburn Dalefield Fernhill Frankton Gibbston Glenorchy Jack's Point Kawarau Falls Kelvin Heights Kingston Kinloch Lake Hayes Estate Long Gully Lower Shotover Macetown Mount Crichton Mount Earnslaw Paradise Quail Rise Queenstown Skippers Speargrass Flat Sunshine Bay Walter Peak Wharehuanui Wye Creek

Wanaka Ward	Albert Town Cardrona Dingle Burn Glendhu Bay Hawea Flat Hawea Luggate Makarora Mount Aspiring/Tititea The Neck Treble Cone Wanaka

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