Arapuni
Arapuni is a rural town centre on the Waikato river in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The town sits next to the Arapuni Dam, a hydroelectric dam at Lake Arapuni commissioned in 1929.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arapuni Power Station and Arapuni Dam.
Arapuni Power Station
Industrial building
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arapuni Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Mercury Energy, and is the seventh and penultimate hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pukeatua and Waotu.
Pukeatua
Hamlet
Pukeatua is a rural farming community in Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated at the south-western foot of the Pukeatua hill, of the Maungatautari mountain range. Pukeatua is situated 8 km west of Arapuni.
Waotu
Hamlet
Waotu or Te Waotu is a rural community in the South Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The area includes a landscape of rolling dairy farms on the site of a former ancient forest. Waotu is situated 9 km southeast of Arapuni.
Arapuni
- Type: Village with 310 residents
- Description: locality in New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: South Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.0721° or 38° 4′ 20″ southLongitude
175.64794° or 175° 38′ 53″ eastPopulation
310Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)Open location code
4VHQWJHX+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 687437900OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2193849Wikidata ID
Q4784235
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