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Kōrero: South Canterbury region

Aviemore hydro dam

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Aviemore hydro dam

The Aviemore dam and power station were completed in 1968. The dam is made from earth and concrete, and the station boasts the largest generators in the country. The project included a downstream artificial spawning ground for trout, a New Zealand first.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN42878/19

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, South Canterbury region – Mackenzie Country, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11417/aviemore-hydro-dam (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.