Aratiatia Power Station
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.Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wairakei Power Station and Huka Prawn Park.
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 3½ km west of Aratiatia Power Station.
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 4 km southwest of Aratiatia Power Station.
Nga Awa Purua Power Station
Power station
Nga Awa Purua, also known as Rotokawa II, is a geothermal power station located near Taupō in New Zealand. The project was developed by Mighty River Power. Nga Awa Purua Power Station is situated 3½ km east of Aratiatia Power Station.
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 6 km east of Aratiatia Power Station.
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 9 km southwest of Aratiatia Power Station.
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 9 km southwest of Aratiatia Power Station.
Aratiatia Power Station
- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station in New Zealand
- Categories: reservoir power station and industry
- Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.61582° or 38° 36′ 57″ southLongitude
176.14232° or 176° 8′ 32″ eastInception
1964Operator
Mercury EnergyOpen location code
4VHR94MR+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 410732354OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q4784425
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In Other Languages
From German to Ukrainian—“Aratiatia Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Aratiatia”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Aratiatia”
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Highlights include Aratiatia Surge Tank and Aratiatia Power Station Lookout.
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