Karāpiro Power Station
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Karāpiro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at Lake Karapiro in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the last of the eight hydroelectric power stations on the Waikato River. The power st
Part of the Karāpiro Dam
Aerial view of Karāpiro Hydro Power Station, Waikato River, February 1969
The Dam's spillway
Arapuni Power Station
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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 hydroele
Karāpiro Power Station
…River, Karāpiro is operated by electricity generator Mercury Energy. Karāpiro was the second power station built in the Waikato hydro scheme, after Arapuni. Construction of the dam and power station began in 1940, but a materials and labour shortage due to World War II meant progress was slow. The station…
Arapuni power station, as seen from the Arapuni Suspension Bridge
The Arapuni Gorge during the construction of the power station, 1929