Centennial Drive Substation

Centennial Drive Substation is an electrical substation in Auckland Region, North Island. Centennial Drive Substation is situated nearby to Te Huka Power Station, as well as near the aerodrome Centennial Park Airfield.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Te Huka Power Station and Huka Falls.

Te Huka Power Station

Power station

The Te Huka Geothermal Power Station, also known as Tauhara One, is a 23 MW binary cycle geothermal power station situated near Taupō, New Zealand. The power station is operated by Contact Energy. Te Huka Power Station is situated 460 metres southeast of Centennial Drive Substation.

Huka Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Huka Falls is situated 3 km northwest of Centennial Drive Substation.

Taupo International Motorsport Park

Taupo International Motorsport Park and Events Centre is a motorsports circuit located in Broadlands Road, Taupō, New Zealand. It is owned by Tony Quinn who also owns Highlands Motorsport Park and Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. Taupo International Motorsport Park is situated 2½ km east of Centennial Drive Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tauhara and Rangatira Park.

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 3 km southwest of Centennial Drive Substation.

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 4 km west of Centennial Drive Substation.

Taupō

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Taupō, also written Taupo, is a town on the northern shore of Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake, in the central North Island. It is a popular tourist destination due to its lake, boating, trout fishing, geothermal attractions, waterfalls, outdoor activities and proximity to the North Island's highest mountains.

Centennial Drive Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.66469° or 38° 39′ 53″ south

Longitude

176.11777° or 176° 7′ 4″ east

Operator

Unison Networks

Open location code

4VHR84P9+44

OpenStreetMap ID

way 169516430

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