Piriaka Power Station

Location
Whanganui River
Manawatū-Whanganui

Commissioned
1924

Max Capacity
1 MW

Annual Output
7 GWh

 

Piriaka is one of five stations owned by King Country Energy (KCE) and operated by Manawa Energy. 

The area around the scheme provides great fishing and kayakers can use one of the power station tail races as an entry into the river.