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Ohau (skifield)
Ohau or Ōhau may refer to the following in New Zealand: In the Manawatū-Whanganui Region * Ōhau, semi-rural community in the Manawatū-Whanganui region * Ohau railway station (former) in the settlement of Ōhau * Ōhau River (Manawatū-Whanganui) In the Canterbury Region * Ben Ohau, a mountain in the South Island * Ben Ohau Range * Ōhau (skifield) * Lake Ōhau * Lake Ohau Alpine Village * Ōhau River (Canterbury) * Ōhau A power station * Ōhau B power station * Ōhau C power station Elsewhere * The Ohau Channel, in the Bay of Plenty, linking Lake Rotorua Lake Rotorua () is the second largest lake in the North Island of New Zealand by surface area, and covers 79.8 km2. With a mean depth of only 10 metres it is considerably smaller than nearby Lake Tarawera in terms of volume of water. It i ... and Lake Rotoiti * Ōhau / West Island the third largest of Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands * Ohau Peak, a peak in Antarctica {{Dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau
Ōhau is a village and semi-rural community in the Horowhenua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located just south of Levin, New Zealand, Levin on State Highway 1 (New Zealand), State Highway 1. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of Hau" for , but an alternative meaning could be "windy place". The former Ohau railway station is located in Ohau. It operated from 1886 to 1987, with most services ending in 1971. Marae The local Kikopiri Marae and Kikopiri meeting house are a tribal meeting ground for the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Hikitanga and Ngāti Kikopiri. In October 2020, the Government committed $335,056 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Kikopiri Marae and Kererū Marae, creating 48 jobs. Demographics Ōhau is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement and covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohau Railway Station
Ōhau railway station was a station at Ōhau on the North Island Main Trunk in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand. It closed on 2 November 1987, though most services had stopped in 1971. Only a 1989 equipment building and a passing loop remain. History Ōhau was opened as a flag station by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company on Monday 2 August 1886, when trains started to run between Longburn and Ōtaki. A special train ran from Longburn to Ōhau in April 1886. The first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886. A goods shed was built in 1893. When New Zealand Railways Department The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining Rail transport in New Zealand, New Zealand's railway infrastruc ... took over in 1908, tablet signalling was introduced. The station was improved in 1909, the platform ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
The Ōhau River is in the Horowhenua District of New Zealand's North Island. It flows from the confluence of two short rivers, the North Ōhau River and the South Ōhau River. The Ōhau initially flows north, turning west to the southeast of Levin. It reaches the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 wa ... southwest of Levin. References Rivers of Manawatū-Whanganui Rivers of New Zealand {{ManawatuWanganui-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ohau
Ben Ohau Range is a mountain range in Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand. It lies west of Lake Pukaki, at and east of the Dobson River (New Zealand), Dobson river and Lake Ōhau. The Ben Ohau range is dominated at the southern end by Ben Ohau (1522m). Other mountains in the range include Backbone Peak (2263m), MacKenzies Peak (2200m), Glentanner Peak (2551m), Dun Fiunary (2550m), Ferintosh Peak (2497m), Mauka Atua (2557m), Kai Tarau (2542m), and Mt Dark (2496m). At the northern end Mount Cran, Mt Cran stands at 2444m, Jamieson Saddle at 2183m and Mount Edgar Thomson, Mt Edgar Thomson at 2379m. Biodiversity The moth species ''Ichneutica agorastis'' is particularly common at a String bog, string mires found in the Ben Ohau Range. References External links Photo of Ben Ohau Range Mountain ranges of the Canterbury Region {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau (skifield)
Ōhau is a small commercial skifield in the foothills of New Zealand's Southern Alps, near the boundary between the Otago and Canterbury regions, and close to the western shore of the lake of the same name. The skifield was originally developed by the Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Co.Wigley, Harry ''The Mount Cook way: The first fifty years of the Mount Cook Company'' Auckland: Collins, 1979 The field's service town, Lake Ohau Alpine Village, is located on the shore of the lake to the south of the skifield. Details In 2004, a new two seater chairlift was installed on the slopes. This chairlift opened up the snowfield a lot more and increased the lift-accessible terrain. The next year, the longest snowmat in New Zealand was installed in place of the ropetow. The skifield now has 3 lifts (1 chairlift, 1 platter lift and 1 snowmat). The base altitude is 1400 m and the highest altitude is 1825 m. The access road is an unsealed alpine road but is usually kept in good c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ōhau
Lake Ōhau is a lake in the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. The Hopkins River, New Zealand, Hopkins and Dobson River, New Zealand, Dobson rivers fed into the northern end of Lake Ōhau. These rivers have their headwaters in the Southern Alps. The lake's outflow is the Ōhau River (Canterbury), Ōhau River, which travels from the southeast corner of Lake Ōhau and feeds into the Waitaki River hydroelectricity, hydroelectric project. The Barrier range (and Mount Sutton 2007m in particular) dominate the western side of Lake Ōhau, while the Ben Ohau range dominates the eastern side of Lake Ōhau. At the northern end of the lake, in between the Hopkins and Dobson rivers, lies the Naumann Range of mountains (with Mount Glenmary 2590m being the tallest). The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of Hau" for , but an alternative meaning could be "windy place". Ōhau is the smallest of three roughly parallel lakes running north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ohau Alpine Village
Lake Ohau Alpine Village, often referred to simply as Lake Ohau, is a village on the western shore of Lake Ōhau in New Zealand. Lake Ohau village is located in the Waitaki District in Canterbury, west of Twizel. There are about 140 sections available in the village, with about half of these have houses built on them with a total of 75 houses. Of these, 48 are now uninhabitable or have burned to the ground. Many of these houses are holiday homes, with 18 permanent residents across 12 houses before the October 2020 fire. History There were a number of attempts over the years to develop a village on the shores of Lake Ōhau. Sections were first offered in 1981. In 1983 planning consent was obtained from the Waitaki District Council. The first stage of the development involved 31 sections with an average size of 600 square metres. House were to be no higher than 4 metres tall and fences were not permitted in order to avoid the view of the lake being blocked out. Work started on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau River (Canterbury)
The Ōhau River is a river in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand's South Island. It is the primary outflow of Lake Ōhau, from which it flows in a roughly eastward direction until reaching the artificial Lake Benmore after a distance of roughly . In 1981, the artificial Lake Ruataniwha was created along the river's length to power a small hydroelectric power station as part of the Waitaki hydro scheme. Prior to the creation of the Waitaki hydro scheme, the river flowed directly into the Waitaki River rather than through a series of lakes. The river forms part of the traditional boundary between Otago and Canterbury regions. Prior to European settlement of the region, the river was a traditional '' mahinga kai'' (food gathering site) for Māori travelling through the Mackenzie Basin, providing valuable food sources such as weka, tuna A tuna (: tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae ( mackerel) family. The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau A
Ōhau A is a power station operated by Meridian Energy in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the artificial Ōhau canal. The dam is fed by water from Lake Ōhau and Lake Pukaki and spills into the artificial Lake Ruataniwha.Meridian Energy, ''Introducing Ōhau A'' brochure Ōhau A has a net head of . It is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre near Twizel. Construction of the power station commenced in 1971. See also *Ōhau B *Ōhau C *List of power stations in New Zealand *Electricity sector in New Zealand The electricity sector in New Zealand uses mainly renewable energy, such as Hydroelectricity, hydropower, geothermal energy, geothermal power and increasingly wind energy. As of 2021, the country generated 81.2% of its electricity from renewabl ... References Further reading * * External links Meridian Energy- power station information Energy infrastructure completed in 1980 Hydro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau B
Ōhau B is a power station operated by Meridian Energy in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a twin station with Ōhau C and is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre near Twizel.Meridian Energy ''Ōhau B & Ōhau C'' brochure Water from Lake Ruataniwha flows through Ōhau B, then Ōhau C and then through to Lake Benmore. See also * Ōhau A *List of power stations in New Zealand *Electricity sector in New Zealand The electricity sector in New Zealand uses mainly renewable energy, such as Hydroelectricity, hydropower, geothermal energy, geothermal power and increasingly wind energy. As of 2021, the country generated 81.2% of its electricity from renewabl ... References Further reading * * External links Meridian Energy- power station information Energy infrastructure completed in 1984 Hydroelectric power stations in New Zealand Buildings and structures in the Canterbury Region {{NewZealand- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōhau C
Ōhau C is a power station operated by Meridian Energy in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a twin station with Ōhau B and is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre near Twizel.Meridian Energy ''Ōhau B & Ōhau C'' brochure Water from Lake Ruataniwha flows through Ōhau B, then Ōhau C and then through to Lake Benmore. See also * Ōhau A *List of power stations in New Zealand *Electricity sector in New Zealand The electricity sector in New Zealand uses mainly renewable energy, such as Hydroelectricity, hydropower, geothermal energy, geothermal power and increasingly wind energy. As of 2021, the country generated 81.2% of its electricity from renewabl ... References Further reading * * External links Meridian Energy- power station information Energy infrastructure completed in 1985 Hydroelectric power stations in New Zealand Buildings and structures in the Canterbury Region {{NewZealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
