Lake Tahuna
Lake Tahuna is in Auckland Region, North Island. Lake Tahuna is situated nearby to the town Kawerau, as well as near the locality Onepu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pūtauaki and Kawerau Power Station.
Pūtauaki
Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Pūtauaki, known in English as Mount Edgecumbe, is a dacite volcanic cone in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. A King of the Mountain race was run on Pūtauaki as part of the international King of the Mountain series between 1955 and 2020, and proceeds were donated to charity.
Kawerau Power Station
Power station
Photo: Rjglewis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kawerau Power Station is a 100-megawatt geothermal power plant located just outside the town of Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand.
Tarawera High School
School
Tarawera High School is a secondary school located in Kawerau, New Zealand. It is the only secondary school serving the town, and serves students from Years 7 to 13.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kawerau and Onepu.
Kawerau
Town
Photo: Air55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty Region on the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua.
Onepu
Locality
Onepu is a rural community in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Onepu is the original name of the Rohe which the Kawerau township now stands.
Te Mahoe
Hamlet
Te Mahoe is a rural settlement in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island, next to Lake Matahina. In 2018, the larger community consisted of about 150 people, including 30 families in the village at the base of the Lake Matahina Dam.
Lake Tahuna
- Type: Wetland
- Description: swamp in New Zealand
- Categories: former lake, swamp, and body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.08369° or 38° 5′ 1″ southLongitude
176.7421° or 176° 44′ 32″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
4VHRWP8R+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 352716419OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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Localities in the Area
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