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Kōrero: Economy

Huntly power station

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Huntly power station

New Zealand has considerable reserves of coal, some of which is mined near Huntly in the Waikato. A neighbouring power station, pictured here, draws primarily on coal to generate power. Sited on the banks of the Waikato River, it was commissioned in 1983, and has a turbine hall 403 m long and chimneys 150 m high.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Shirley Williams

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Brian Easton, Economy – Other primary production, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3710/huntly-power-station (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Easton, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.