page_title: Lake Maraetai
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Maraetai
caption_attribution_description: English: hornweed has been a problem at Lake Maraetai since the 1960s.&#91;1&#93;
context_page_description: Lake Maraetai is one of several artificial lakes formed as part of a hydroelectricity scheme on the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 85 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, close to the town of Mangakino.
  It is a relatively small lake, covering only 4.4 square kilometres, but it is 75 metres deep at some points, and the powerhouses at its northern end generate 360 megawatts of power.
context_section_description: Lake Maraetai is one of several artificial lakes formed as part of a hydroelectricity scheme on the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 85 kilometres (53 mi) southeast of Hamilton, close to the town of Mangakino.
  It is a relatively small lake, covering only 4.4 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi), but it is 75 metres (246 ft) deep at some points, and the powerhouses (Maraetai I and Maraetai II) at its northern end generate 360 megawatts (480,000 hp) of power.
caption: Mercury Energy weed cutter about to be launched to remove hornweed, which has been a problem[2] since the 1960s[3]
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