Kuratau | |
|---|---|
Rural settlement | |
 Kuratau Beach | |
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| Coordinates: 38°53′36″S 175°46′11″E / 38.893347°S 175.769783°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Waikato region |
| District | Taupō District |
| Ward | Turangi-Tongariro Ward |
| Community | Turangi-Tongariro Community |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Taupō District Council |
| • Regional council | Waikato Regional Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.50 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 120 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
Kuratau is a small village north of Pukawa, on the western side of New Zealand's Lake Taupō.[3]
The Kuratau Power Station was built on the Kuratau River near the town and completed in 1962.
Lake Taupō is eroding Kuratau's foreshore at an increasing rate.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Place name detail: Kuratau". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Mitchell, Charlie (25 March 2023). "The 'idyllic' community being eaten away by the electricity market". Stuff.