October 07, 2013
Partnership heating up
Posted On October 7, 2013
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Taupo iwi Ngati Tahu is steaming ahead with the opening of Mighty River Power's Ngatamariki Geothermal Power Station.
The 82MW station is a partnership with landowner Tauhara North No2 Trust.
It's the largest power station of its type in the world with 40km of wells.
Trust chair Ngahi Bidois says the land and the geothermal resource was sacred and precious to Ngati Tahu.
He says the opening of Ngatamariki was a major economic boost for the trust's 827 owners and 5000 beneficiaries,
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