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The Ngawha geothermal field is a geothermal area in the
North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
of
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. It is situated approximately 5 km east of
Kaikohe Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 km from Auckland. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a population of over ...
and is centred on the village of
Ngawha Springs Ngawha Springs ( mi, Ngāwhā) is a small settlement and hot water springs approximately five kilometres east of the town of Kaikohe in Northland, New Zealand. ''Ngāwhā'' means "boiling spring". The springs reputedly have therapeutic, balne ...
. The field covers an area of around 25 km2, much smaller than the other major high-temperature geothermal field in New Zealand, the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The
hot springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
arising in this area are slightly acidic and are rich in ammonia, bicarbonate, boron and mercury, which is not typical of springs in New Zealand.
Top Energy Top Energy Limited is an electricity distribution and generation company based in Kerikeri, New Zealand. It owns and manages the electricity lines network in the Far North District of New Zealand, including Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Kaikohe. The ser ...
owns and operates the Ngāwhā Geothermal Power Station, which opened in 1998 and has been expanded several times since.


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Geothermal areas in New Zealand Kaikohe Far North District Landforms of the Northland Region {{Northland-geo-stub