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Kōrero: Waikato places

Arapuni dam

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Arapuni  dam

The Arapuni hydroelectric power station, completed in 1929, was the second major hydro dam on the Waikato River. Workers reached it by crossing the 152-metre-long swing bridge. The bridge is now part of a walkway on the Waikato River Trail.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Putaruru and Tīrau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27354/arapuni-dam (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.