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Kōrero: Geothermal energy

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Heat from the earth

  3. Wairākei geothermal power station

  4. Geothermal power production

  5. Other uses of geothermal energy

  6. Effects on the environment

  7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Heat from the earth

Geothermal fields in the Taupō volcanic zone

Geothermal fields in the Taupō volcanic zone

Māori women cooking at Whakarewarewa

Māori women cooking at Whakarewarewa

Taking the waters

Taking the waters

Geothermal heating at Rotorua hospital

Geothermal heating at Rotorua hospital

Wairoa geyser, 1906

Wairoa geyser, 1906 (1 o 2)

Sinter around Wairoa geyser

Sinter around Wairoa geyser (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Wairākei geothermal power station

Hazards of drilling

Hazards of drilling

Opening Wairākei power station

Opening Wairākei power station

Crater left by the ‘rogue bore’

Crater left by the ‘rogue bore’

Roadside Stories: Geothermal power at Wairākei

Roadside Stories: Geothermal power at Wairākei

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Geothermal power production

Ōhākī power station

Ōhākī power station

Bore discharging wet steam

Bore discharging wet steam

Geothermal electricity production in New Zealand, 2001

Geothermal electricity production in New Zealand, 2001

Source of electricity generation, 2002

Source of electricity generation, 2002

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Other uses of geothermal energy

Geothermal steam pipes

Geothermal steam pipes

Geothermal prawn farming

Geothermal prawn farming

Greenhouse orchids

Greenhouse orchids

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Effects on the environment

Geyser Valley in 1908

Geyser Valley in 1908

Geyser Valley, 1950s

Geyser Valley, 1950s

Subsidence around Wairākei geothermal field

Subsidence around Wairākei geothermal field

Arsenic in the Waikato River

Arsenic in the Waikato River

Champagne Pool

Champagne Pool

In case of poisoning

In case of poisoning

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Carol Stewart, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/geothermal-energy/media (accessed 27 February 2021)

He kōrero nā Carol Stewart, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006

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