| Waipapa Power Station | |
| Location Map: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | -38.2919°N 175.6836°W |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Location: | Waikato River |
| Purpose: | P |
| Status: | O |
| Opening: | 1961 |
| Dam Crosses: | Waikato River |
| Plant Name: | Waipapa Power Station |
| Plant Operator: | Mercury Energy |
| Plant Commission: | 1961 |
| Plant Turbines: | 3 Kaplan turbines |
| Plant Capacity: | 54 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 330 GWh[1] |
Waipapa Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the sixth hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River. It is the smallest power station on the Waikato River.[2]
Waipapa is operated by the publicly listed company Mercury Energy, an electricity generation and retail company.
Although this site was initially considered in 1943, the decision to proceed with hydro development was not made until 1953. Construction began in 1955 and the first electricity was generated in April 1961. In 2001, the turbines were refurbished to improve operational efficiency.[3]