Tuai

Tuai
Tuai power station
Tuai Power Station
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Coordinates: 38°48′42″S 177°08′52″E / 38.811657°S 177.147726°E / -38.811657; 177.147726
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay Region
Territorial authorityWairoa District
Ward
  • Wairoa General Ward
  • Wairoa Māori Ward
Electorates
Area
[1]
 • Total21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total240
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)

Tuai is a village and rural community located around Lake Whakamarino, in the Wairoa District of the Hawke's Bay Region, on New Zealand's North Island.[3]

The local Tuai Power Station was opened in 1929 on the shores of Lake Whakamarino, as part of the Waikaremoana power scheme. Genesis Energy has controlled the power station remotely from Tokaanu power station since the early 2000s.[4]

Artist Doris Lusk depicted the power station in a 1948 painting.[5] She described the power station as a “gothic building in the middle of the wild hills”.[6]

Lake Whakamarino, also known as Tuai Lake, is popular with anglers.[7] It can be used by fly-fishers, and accessed with small unanchored boats.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ^ Hariss, Gavin. "Tuai, Hawke's Bay". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  4. ^ Pollock, Kerryn (30 November 2015). "Tuai power station 2007". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  5. ^ Derby, Mark. "'Powerhouse, Tuai', 1948". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  6. ^ "Power House, Tuai". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Christchurch Art Gallery.
  7. ^ "Tuai and Lake Whakamarino New Zealand". tourism.net.nz. New Zealand Tourism Guide.
  8. ^ "Trout numbers boosted at hydro lakes". Gisborne Herald. 7 December 2017.