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The Waikato is a British-built New Zealand Leander Class frigate of 2580 tons displacement launched in 1965. The Waikato is powered by two sets of White-English Electric geared turbines providing a top speed of 28 knots and a range of 5700 miles at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 243 and is armed with a Short Bros Seacat GWS 22 quad surface-to-air missile launcher; two Vickers 4.5 inch/45 Mk 6 dual-purpose guns in a twin arrangement; two Browning 12.7 mm machine-guns and two triple torpedo tubes. She also carries a Westland Westland Wasp helicopter.
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Taupo is the largest lake in New Zealand. It is located in the centre of North Island, and is fed by the Waikato River.
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The Waikato is a river in North Island, New Zealand. It rises on mount Ruapehu and flows 280 km mainly north- west to discharge into the North Taranaki Bight.
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