Contact Energy has agreed to meet the costs of saving Ngāti Tahu -Ohaaki Marae from future flood risks from the Waikato River. Since 1992, Ohaaki Marae (located north of Taupo) has sunken 3.7 metres, it is believed that subsidence is due to the extraction of underground geothermal fluid by the nearby
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