Karapiro
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Karapiro is a settlement and rural area in the Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It includes both the artificially created Lake Karapiro and the accompanying Karāpiro Po
Sculpture at Karapiro Dam lookout
Street side in Karapiro, 2004
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
Karapiro
…in the Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It includes both the artificially created Lake Karapiro and the accompanying Karāpiro Power Station. Karapiro is located just off State Highway 1, south-west of Cambridge. In about 1600, Te Ihingarangi built a pā (fortified village) called Te Tiki o…
Part of the Karāpiro Dam
Aerial view of Karāpiro Hydro Power Station, Waikato River, February 1969
The Dam's spillway