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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
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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
Waterfall
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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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Satellite Map
Discover Wairakei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“Wairakei” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wairakei”
- Cebuano: “Wairakei”
- Dutch: “Wairakei”
- French: “Wairakei (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Wairakei”
- Korean: “와이라케이”
- Malay: “Wairakei”
- Russian: “Уаиракеи”
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