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2014.04.07 Test in Heathcote River, Christchurch, NZ
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The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. In the North Island, it runs for 425 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and emptying intoLake Taupo, New Zealand’s largest lake. It drains Taupo at the lake’s northeastern edge, creates the Huka Falls, and then flows northwest,…
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Tests of Tuapeka turbine at Tuapeka punt picnic
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