In 1883, John Rochfort foresaw the need for this viaduct when he carried out his exploration survey for the route …
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The potential for the Monowai hydro-electric scheme was first identified in 1914 when the Southland League investigated local natural resources. …
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 …