The first power station on the Waikato River is named the Horahora Power Station. It was built to provide electricity to the Martha gold mines in Waihi.
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The name of the power staion is Huntly power staion
Apparently its Awakino Gorge but I'm not quite sure because I just sarched the name of the power station on the waikato river and it came Awakino Awakino River. If you know the right answer, post it!
The Maori tribe associated with the Waikato river is the Tanui tribe or the Waikato tribe this is the only tribe associated with the river
Waikato(personal noun) collective name of the tribes living in the Waikato Basin. Also the name of the river from which they take their name.
Along the length of the Waikato River in the North island are a number of hydro electric stations, geothermal power stations, and the river is used as coolant for the Huntly coal-fired power station.
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The longest river is The Waikato at 425 km.
Wai means waterkato means flow or water currentAccording to Maori oral tradition, the Waikato river was given this name by the people in the founding canoe Tainui, when they felt the current caused by the river, in the sea outside the Waikato river mouth.
There are 9 working power stations on the Waikato River between Lake Taupo and the river's mouth at Port Waikato. There are also two decommissioned power stations on the river.From Lake Taupo, they are:Wairakei (176MW geothermal)Aratiatia (84MW hydro)Ohaaki (50MW geothermal)Ohakuri (112MW hydro)Atiamuri (84MW hydro)Whakamaru (100MW hydro)Maraetai (360MW hydro)Waipapa (51MW hydro)Arapuni (197MW hydro)Karapiro (96MW hydro)Huntly (1435MW coal/gas)The two decommissioned stations are:Horahora (hydro): between Arapuni and Karapiro. Was submerged in 1947 when Lake Karapiro was filledMeremere (coal): between Huntly and Port Waikato. Was decommisioned in 1991 after 33 years in service.The one you are most likely to be talking about is Huntly - it's on the Waikato River between Auckland and Hamilton, easily seen from State Highway 1.