page_title: Twizel
hierarchical_section_title: Twizel
caption_attribution_description: Flight from Rotorua to Queenstown. Over South Island, New Zealand
context_page_description: Twizel is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town was founded in 1968 to house construction workers on the Upper Waitaki Hydroelectric Scheme. Twizel has a resident population of 1,300; during the summer, holidaymakers nearly triple the town's population.
context_section_description: Twizel (/ˈtwaɪzəl/) is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town was founded in 1968 to house construction workers on the Upper Waitaki Hydroelectric Scheme. Twizel has a resident population of 1,300  (June 2019); during the summer, holidaymakers nearly triple the town's population.
caption: Twizel (centre distance) from the air, alongside Lake Ruataniwha. Lake Benmore is seen in the foreground.
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