What is "wakatipu"

Wakatipu is the name of a district in inland Otago, New Zealand.

• The best known geographical feature with that name is Lake Wakatipu.
• The Wakatipu Basin is a flat area to the North East of Lake Wakatipu surrounded by mountains.
• There was once a Wakatipu electoral district.
• Numerous organisations and clubs have Wakatipu as part of their names, e.g. the Wakatipu Aero Club.

Wakatipu was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1928.