Arapuni Power Station
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arapuni Dam.
Arapuni Dam
Dam
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Arapuni Dam is situated 1¼ km south of Arapuni Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arapuni and Pukeatua.
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.
Pukeatua
Hamlet
Pukeatua is a rural farming community in Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated at the south-western foot of the Pukeatua hill, of the Maungatautari mountain range. Pukeatua is situated 7 km west of Arapuni Power Station.
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 southeast of Arapuni Power Station.
Arapuni Power Station
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: dam in Lake Arapuni, Waikato River
- Categories: reservoir power station, building, and industry
- Location: South Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.07138° or 38° 4′ 17″ southLongitude
175.6439° or 175° 38′ 38″ eastInception
1929Operator
Mercury EnergyOpen location code
4VHQWJHV+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 55339196OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q4784238
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In Other Languages
From German to Ukrainian—“Arapuni Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Arapuni”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arapuni vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Arapuni vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Арапуні”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arapuni Swing Bridge and Arapuni Bowls.
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