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Lake Taupō has a perimeter of approximately 193 km (120 mi) and a maximum depth of 186 m (610 ft). It is drained by the Waikato River (New Zealand's longest river), and its main tributaries are the Waitahanui River, the Tongariro River, and the Tauranga Taupō River. It is a noted trout fishery with stocks of introduced brown and rainbow trout.
Motutere is a small township on the southeastern shore of Lake Taupō in New Zealand's Waikato region. [1] It lies on Motutere Bay, close to the popular diving location, Te Poporo / Bulli Point, and approximately halfway between Taupō and Tūrangi, to both of which it is connected by SH1.
Waihi Village, also known as Little Waihi, is a small Māori community of around 25 households [1] on the southwestern shores of Lake Taupō seven kilometres northwest of Tūrangi, New Zealand. It has been the site of three major landslides , in 1910, 1846 and around 1780, which killed over 200 people in total. [ 2 ]
The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape. [ 11 ] It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump , which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show .
Wharewaka is a suburb of Taupō, New Zealand. It stretches from Rainbow Point to Five Mile Bay on the west side of State Highway 1. Wharewaka lies on a small point of land next to Lake Taupō and 1.6 km northwest of the Taupō Airport. Wharewaka has a large proportion of holiday homes.
Tauhara Primary School is a Year 1–6 state primary school [7] [8] with a roll of 290. [9] The school opened in 1959. [10]Tauhara College is a state secondary school, [11] [12] with a roll of 664. [13]
Taupō (Māori pronunciation: [ˈ t a ʉ p ɔː]), sometimes written Taupo, is a town located in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Lake Taupō, which is the largest freshwater lake in New Zealand. Taupō was constituted as a borough in 1953. [2]
Pākā Bay, formerly called Halletts Bay is a bay on the eastern shore of Lake Taupō, New Zealand, about 27km south-east of Taupō township. It was known as Hamaria , in the nineteenth century. [ 1 ] and before that Paka . [ 2 ]