Arapuni
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Arapuni
a small town on the Waikato River, 54 km upstream from Hamilton, in the North Island of New Zealand; pop. (2001) 2,160. A hydroelectric power station with a dam 64 metres high (the first of a chain of eight dams on the river) was opened at Arapuni in 1929. Lake Arapuni, behind the dam, covers almost 14 sq km.
Origin: Maori, = blocked path
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Arapuni
Arapuni
Arapuni is a rural town centre on the Waikato river in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The population on census night 2006 was 2,145 usual residents, slightly down from 2,163 in 2001 and 2,211 in 1996. The town sits next to a hydroelectric dam at Lake Arapuni, one of six in the South Waikato District on the Waikato river. It has the spectacular Arapuni Suspension Bridge below the dam freely open to public.
Arapuni Dam
The Arapuni Dam was first commissioned in 1929. The Arapuni Power Station consists of eight turbines which give a total output of 196 MW, the largest of the power stations on the Waikato river. The Arapuni hydro station is owned and operated by Mighty River Power.[1]
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Coordinates: 38°04′S 175°39′E / 38.067°S 175.65°E
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