Puketurua
Puketurua is a hamlet in Waikato, North Island. Puketurua is situated nearby to the village Arapuni.| 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. Arapuni Power Station is situated 3 km west of Puketurua.
Arapuni Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arapuni Dam is situated 4 km southwest of Puketurua.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arapuni and Waotu.
Arapuni
Village
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. Arapuni is situated 3 km west of Puketurua.
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 south of Puketurua.
Putāruru
Town
Putāruru is a small town in the South Waikato District and the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the western side of the Mamaku Ranges and in the upper basin of the Waihou River. Putāruru is situated 9 km east of Puketurua.
Puketurua
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in South Waikato District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.06682° or 38° 4′ 1″ southLongitude
175.68017° or 175° 40′ 49″ eastElevation
127 metres (417 feet)Open location code
4VHQWMMJ+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 1021870184OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Puketurua” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Puketurua”
- Turkish: “Puketurua”
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