Waitangi West Campground
Location
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What’s nearby
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🏞️ Attractions
Benmore Dam is the largest dam within the Waitaki power scheme, located in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. There are eight other power stations in the Waitaki Power Scheme. The dam is the largest earth-fill (zoned embankment dam) water-retaining structure in New Zealand. Its core is low permeability clay material, supported by two massive shoulders of river gravel. Lake Benmo
Otematata is a town in the Waitaki District of Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. It is defined as a "populated area less than a town" and the 2001 New Zealand census gave the "usually resident population count" as 243. By the 2018 census it had declined to 183 inhabitants. This was considerably higher in the 1960s during the construction of the Benmore and Aviemore dams. Surrounded by rugg
hill in Canterbury, New Zealand
🛒 Amenities & services
🛒 Groceries
- On The Spot Otematata
⛽ Fuel
- Fuel station
🍽️ Food & drink
- Otematata's Best Dam Pub
- Hungry hydro
🚻 Toilets & showers
- Public toilets
- Showers
🎾 Sports
- Otematata Golf Club
- Basketball
- Tennis
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Good to know
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Who runs Waitangi West Campground?
Waitangi West Campground is operated by Waimate District Council.
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