The potential for the Monowai hydro-electric scheme was first identified in 1914 when the Southland League investigated local natural resources. …
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Mangaweka was one of the first towns along the North Island Main Trunk railway to have its own power. The …
University of Auckland engineering professors, John Boys and Grant Covic, are world-leaders in the commercial application of inductive power transfer …
Built between 1924 and 1929, the Arapuni Power Station and Dam was the first government-built high dam constructed on the …
Wellington’s Centennial Highway, commemorating the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, still follows some of its original …
The 1960s saw New Zealand becoming increasingly linked to the rest of the world through extended existing and new communications …
The bridge across the Tāmaki River at Panmure, which connected the important outpost of Howick to Panmure and Auckland, is …
Built in 1838, this stone wharf used by the passenger ferry from Whitianga is thought to be the oldest wharf …
The Tuapeka Mouth Ferry is a local icon and is said to be the last water-driven public punt in the …
The Waihao River Box Culvert was built in 1910 to replace an earlier 1896 structure located two kilometres to the …
The Wellington Central Police Station was designed by the Ministry of Works and Development and constructed between 1988 and 1991.
The North Island Main Trunk railway between Mangaweka and Utiku originally followed a tortuous route along narrow benches some 100 …
Wrights Hill Fortress in Wellington was one of three long range coastal batteries built in New Zealand during World War …
The Tauranga Valley Bridge, also known as the Tauranga Track Bridge, is one of only two remaining early New Zealand …
Established in 1885, the Thames School of Mines survived until 1954. In its heyday, this was the largest mining school …
