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Feature shown on: NZMS260 U17 Edition 1 1982 Limited Revision 1996; NZTopo50-BG36 722213; 'Waikato, 12 km from Lake Taupo. Aratiatia Rapids: lit. ladder or stairway. An artifi cial lake formed by the Aratiatia hydro electric power plant (completed 1964). The name may refer to the ‘ladder’ of zigzag rapids on the Waikato River below Lake Taupo; to a series of pegs driven into the precipitous sides of the gorge to enable travellers to scale them; or to the explorer Tia, who proceeded up the rapids in his canoe, using a series of ledges as resting places.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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