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| A few words about New Zealand |
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| Images from Lake Karapiro |
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| Lake Karapiro - a great venue |
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| We've done this before... |
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| Event Patron Don Rowlands on 1978 and 2010 |
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| Rowing World Championships 1962-2010 |
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| An occasion for everyone |
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| A championship and country not to be missed |
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| Rowing - what it's all about |
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| In the hot seats for 2010 |
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| Championship to run October 29th - November 7th 20 |
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| New stars look to 2010 World Champs |
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| Work begins on new HP centre at Karapiro |
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| A message from the CEO |
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 Lake Karapiro - a great venue
When the first race gets underway at Lake Karapiro for the 2010 World Rowing Championships – the lake will be celebrating its 70th birthday.
Work began on Karapiro, the Waikato hydro system's second dam, in 1940 - and it proved a monumental project.
A shortage of labour and materials during the war meant progress was slow, and the dam took seven years to build instead of the scheduled three. The shortage of materials overseas also encouraged the use of New Zealand designed and manufactured components for the project. Adding to the difficulties, extensive boring showed it would be necessary to inject tens of thousands of tonnes of concrete into the foundations to control water seepage. It took great Kiwi ingenuity and innovation to complete the project.
Legend has it that Karapiro was the stronghold of Maori chief O-Te-Ihingarangi, and was where the Ngati Haua and their Tauranga allies made a defensive pact during the land wars of 1864. It’s name comes from 'Kara', meaning stone and ‘piro’ which means evil-smelling.
Karapiro is 35 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, close to the town of Cambridge and is, quite simply, one of the finest and most picturesque rowing
venues in the world.
Click here for more info on Lake Karapiro
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