Lake Tekapo is a small township located at the southern end of the lake of the same name in the inland South Island of New Zealand. It had 558 residents according to the 2018 census, being one of five
Lake Tekapo township as seen from the nearby Mount John University Observatory
Church of the Good Shepherd
The Lake Tekapo control gates regulate the amount of water reaching the Tekapo river (July 2020)
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory, previously known as Mt John University Observatory, is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory. It is situated at 1,029 metres ASL atop
UC Mount John Observatory at the top of Mount John
Mount John from Lake Tekapo
UCMJO site at sunset in 2007