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Main Centres in Central Nth. Island

Main Centres in Taupo - Taupo - main centre in the Lake Taupo region - Turangi - the North Island `s trout fishing capital

Central Nth. Island - New Zealand

CENTRAL NTH. ISLAND - NEW ZEALAND The focus of this region is Lake Taupo — New Zealand 's largest lake (619 square kilometres ) and the heart of the North Island . Lake Taupo was created by a volcanic eruption so big the sun went hazy in China (relax, that was a few thousand years ago). Almost everywhere you look there's a volcano. Just a few minutes north of the Lake at Wairakei you'll find geothermal fields, boiling mud pools and steaming geysers. In Taupo itself, and at the little village of Tokaanu near Turangi , there are hot mineral springs that have been soothing weary souls for centuries. And the prawn burgers at the world's only geothermally heated prawn farm will blow you away.