The Western Diversion of the Tongariro Power Development showing the decapitation of the Whanganui headwaters. Until the implementation of the Planning Tribunal's decision in June last year, ninety-seven percent of these headwaters were diverted by a system of drop shafts and intake gates along a large mainly--underground tunnel to the Tokaanu Power Station and into Lake Taupo.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 31
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57The Western Diversion of the Tongariro Power Development showing the decapitation of the Whanganui headwaters. Until the implementation of the Planning Tribunal's decision in June last year, ninety-seven percent of these headwaters were diverted by a system of drop shafts and intake gates along a large mainly-underground tunnel to the Tokaanu Power Station and into Lake Taupo. Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 31
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