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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua places

Mangahao power station

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Mangahao power station

Two pairs of massive pipes descend to the Mangahao hydroelectric power station, shown shortly after its completion in 1924. They are bringing water from the east-flowing Mangahao River to the station site, which is on the west-flowing Mangaore stream.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: APG-1421-1/4-G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua places – Beneath the Tararua Range, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9443/mangahao-power-station (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 22 April 2015.