Tuai
Tuai | |
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Tuai Power Station | |
Interactive map of Tuai | |
| Coordinates: 38°48′42″S 177°08′52″E / 38.811657°S 177.147726°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Hawke's Bay Region |
| Territorial authority | Wairoa District |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Wairoa District Council |
| • Mayor of Wairoa | Craig Little |
| • Napier MP | Katie Nimon |
| • Waiariki MP | Rawiri Waititi |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2025) | |
• Total | 230 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Tuai is a village and rural community located around Lake Whakamarino, in the Wairoa District of the Hawke's Bay Region, on New Zealand's North Island.
The local Tuai Power Station was opened in 1929 on the shores of Lake Whakamarino, as part of the Waikaremoana power scheme. Genesis Energy has controlled the power station remotely from Tokaanu power station since the early 2000s.
Artist Doris Lusk depicted the power station in a 1948 painting. She described the power station as a “gothic building in the middle of the wild hills”.
Lake Whakamarino, also known as Tuai Lake, is popular with anglers. It can be used by fly-fishers, and accessed with small unanchored boats.