| Lake Matahina | |
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 Lakeside view of Lake Matahina | |
  Lake Matahina Location of Lake Matahina in the North Island | |
| Location | Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 38°7′5″S 176°49′0″E / 38.11806°S 176.81667°E |
| Type | reservoir |
| River sources | Rangitaiki River |
| Built | 1960 to 1967 |
| Construction engineer | Ministry of Works |
| First flooded | 1967[1] |
| Max. length | 6 km (3.7 mi)[2] |
| Surface area | 2.3 km2 (0.89 sq mi)[2] |
| Max. depth | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Water volume | 55,000,000 m3 (1.9×109 cu ft)[2] |
Lake Matahina is a reservoir in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand, located immediately south of the settlement of Te Mahoe and 50 km east of Rotorua.[3] The lake was formed by the construction of the Matahina Power Station and its associated 86 m tall Matahina Dam on the Rangitaiki River, which was completed in 1967.[1]
In 1969, five children drowned after driving a car into Lake Matahina at a camp that New Zealand author Barry Crump helped to run.[4] Crump was charged with manslaughter over the deaths, but these charges were dropped.[5] Fleur Adcock, one of Crump's ex-wives, said that it was negligence on his behalf that the children died.[4]
- ^ a b Gillon, M. D. (1–5 June 1988). The Observed Seismic Behavior of the Matahina Dam. 2nd International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. St Louis, MO. pp. 841–848.
- ^ a b c "Matahina Dam Fact File" (Press release). Trustpower. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ a b Phillips, Christopher John; Nelson, Campbell S. (December 1981). "Sedimentation in an Artificial Lake - Lake Matahina, Bay of Plenty". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 15 (4). Wellington: Royal Society Te Apārangi: 459–473. doi:10.1080/00288330.1981.9515938. hdl:10289/4737.
- ^ a b "Poet Fleur Adcock attacks her ex-husband Barry Crump in verse". NZ Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Biography". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 June 2021.