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    Manapōuri Power Station is an underground hydroelectric power station on the western arm of Lake Manapouri in Fiordland National Park, in the South Island...
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    2024). Workers at the power plant are ferried by boat from Manapouri, as there is no road access to the power station. Manapouri was declared the "highest...
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    Lake Manapouri (Māori: Manapōuri) is located in the South Island of New Zealand. The lake is situated within the Fiordland National Park and the wider...
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    construction of the Manapouri Power Project. The original plans for Manapouri Power Station development involved raising Lake Manapouri by up to 30 metres...
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    provide electricity for the Alcoa aluminium industry. New Zealand's Manapouri Power Station was constructed to supply electricity to the aluminium smelter...
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    is either by sea or via the isolated Wilmot Pass road from the Manapouri Power Station. Most areas of the sound itself are accessible only by sea, however...
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    Major developments included the 540 MW Benmore Power Station (1966), the 700 MW Manapouri power station (1971), the 848 MW Upper Waitaki River Scheme (1977–85)...
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    (390 feet (120 m) long, 49 feet (15 m)high, 52 feet (16 m) wide). Manapouri Power Station, Fiordland, New Zealand, built 1963-1972, generates 850 MW from...
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    The smelter was opened in 1971 following the construction of the Manapouri Power Station by the New Zealand government to supply it with electricity. It...
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    construction of the Manapouri Power Station. Since much of the natural flow of the Waiau River was diverted through the power station and out to sea, the...
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