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What to do in Taupō: hot pools, freak shakes and raw prawns 25 Feb, 2021 05:23 PM 5 minutes to read NZ Herald By: Eleanor Hughes Immersion into the top pool, surrounded by rocks, at Wairākei Terraces Thermal Pools is slow the temperature is like a hot tap has been left on too long and cold needs adding. But after biking 31km on one of Taupō s Great Lake Trails, once I m in, it s bliss. I sit on a ledge, most of me out of the water, watching steaming water spill over white silica terraces above the powder blue pool. Manicured native gardens surround three pools where maybe 10 other people soak. I m soon too hot and move down a level. It s too cool. The bottom pool is perfect. Steam rises where a waterfall tumbles over boulders hitting the surface like rain pelting a footpath. A dragonfly helicopter-hovers, fantails dart in the bush. Aches and pains melt away in the nearly two hours I soak; I only get out because if I don t, I ll fall asleep. ....
The rapids are a popular tourist spot when Mercury opens the Aratiatia Dam gates four times a day for 15 minutes. After De Jong s death, DOC built a tall steel fence preventing access to the unofficial walkway to the swimming hole, and new graphic signs were installed. Robert Steven/Stuff Aratiatia Rapids signs in 2018. A tall fence has also been erected at the unofficial walkways to the swimming holes. But in October, in response to a call from Taupō District Council, Mercury Energy and the Department of Conservation to impose a swimming ban at the site, the Waikato Regional Council realised it didn’t have that power. ....
Safety concerns force cancellation of Aratiatia Rapid spills near Taupō 21 Dec, 2020 11:31 PM 4 minutes to read Rotorua Daily Post Swimmers continue to risk their lives in a fatal stretch of water below the Aratiatia Dam despite numerous safety barriers and warning signs. Today, for the second day in a row, Mercury has been forced to cancel tourist spills at the rapids, north of Lake Taupō, due to safety concerns. Mercury hydro general manager Phil Gibson said it was frustrating, with lives being put at risk and undue pressure being put Aratiatia hydro station staff who manage the spill. We acknowledge that the tourist spill is a fantastic tourist attraction for the region, he said. ....