Welcome to Aratiatia

Welcome to Aratiatia is in Waikato, North Island. Welcome to Aratiatia is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Aratiatia Dam Lookout, as well as near the river rafting ride Huka Falls River Cruises.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aratiatia Power Station and Wairakei Power Station.

Aratiatia Power Station

Power station

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Aratiatia Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the first hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, and is located 13 kilometres downstream of Lake Taupō. Aratiatia Power Station is situated 530 metres northeast of Welcome to Aratiatia.

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. Wairakei Power Station is situated 3 km west of Welcome to Aratiatia.

Huka Prawn Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Huka Prawn Park is situated 3½ km southwest of Welcome to Aratiatia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotokawa and Tauhara.

Rotokawa

Locality

Rotokawa is a rural community in the Rotorua District and the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter lake" for Rotokawa. Rotokawa is situated 7 km east of Welcome to Aratiatia.

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 8 km southwest of Welcome to Aratiatia.

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 8 km southwest of Welcome to Aratiatia.

Welcome to Aratiatia

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.6179° or 38° 37′ 4″ south

Longitude

176.13688° or 176° 8′ 13″ east

Open location code

4VHR94JP+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3530740904

OpenStreetMap feature

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Highlights include Aratiatia Dam Lookout and Huka Falls River Cruises.

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