Mangahao Hydro Station

The first of the State hydro power stations in the North Island, Mangahao,(1924) though small, has an important place in the story of New Zealand's electricity generation system. There is a canoe slalom course immediately down-stream of the power station.

Image Credits: Te Papa; Workers on Mangahao hydro-electric scheme, 1922-1923, Mangahao, Party in Surge chamber No 1, Mangahao Dam, by Leslie Adkin.

Image Credits: Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library: Interior view of the control room at the Mangahao Power Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. Interior view of the turbine room at the Mangahao Power Station, showing a Pelton Wheel turbine. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. Interior view of the turbine room at the Mangahao Power Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. View of penstocks at Mangahao Hydro. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924.