Wairakei

Wairakei is a small settlement and geothermal area 8-kilometres north of Taupō, in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, on the Waikato River.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Huka Prawn Park and Wairakei Power Station.

Huka Prawn Park

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The Huka Prawn Park is an aquaculture venture and tourist attraction located 10 minutes north of Taupō. It was started in 1987, and is currently New Zealand's only prawn farm.

Wairakei Power Station

Power station

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

The Wairakei Power Station is a geothermal power station near the Wairakei Geothermal Field in New Zealand. Wairakei lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.

Huka Falls is a set of waterfalls on the Waikato River, which drains Lake Taupō in New Zealand. A few hundred metres upstream from Huka Falls, the Waikato River narrows from approximately 100 metres across to a canyon only 15 metres across.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rangatira Park and Tauhara.

Rangatira Park

Suburb

Rangatira Park is a suburb in the New Zealand town of Taupō. The suburb is located just north of Nukuhau and south of Huka Falls, on a hill above Waikato River. Residents of the suburb experienced an earthquake in September 2019. Rangatira Park is situated 5 km southwest of Wairakei.

Tauhara

Suburb

Tauhara is a suburb and geothermal area of Taupō in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The area's main geographic feature, Mount Tauhara, is culturally significant to local hapū. Tauhara is situated 6 km south of Wairakei.

Nukuhau

Suburb

Nukuhau is a suburb of Taupō in the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. Nukuhau is situated 6 km southwest of Wairakei.

Wairakei

Type: Locality with 510 residents
Description: hill in New Zealand
Category: hill
Location: Taupō District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.63333° or 38° 38′ south

Longitude

176.1° or 176° 6′ east

Population

510

Elevation

375 metres (1,230 feet)

Open location code

4VHR9482+M2

GeoNames ID

2179959

Wikidata ID

Q7960303

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Wairakei” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Wairakei”
Cebuano: “Wairakei”
Dutch: “Wairakei”
French: “Wairakei (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
French: “Wairakei”
Korean: “와이라케이”
Malay: “Wairakei”
Russian: “Уаиракеи”
Urdu: “وائرہیکے”

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