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Five minutes with Rosalind Archer
We catch up with Rosalind Archer – a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand and our Vice President.
Ātiamuri Power Station
Ātiamuri power station was the sixth hydro-electric power station built on the Waikato river below Lake Taupo. In the period after the WW2 there was substantial growth in the demand for electricity and this resulted in supply problems on both islands for two decades. At this time blackouts occurred and the government was under considerable pressure to increase the power supply. Ātiamuri continues generating electricity today.
Cars, coding and cups of tea
For the first time, a software engineering student has won the Ray Meyer Medal for Excellence in Student Design. Is this a sign of things to come?
Arapuni Power Station and Dam
Built between 1924 and 1929, the Arapuni Power Station and Dam was the first government-built high dam constructed on the Waikato River. It pioneered the development of the Waikato Valley Hydro Electric Power Programme which was carried out between 1929 and 1966.
Mangaweka Power Station
Mangaweka was one of the first towns along the North Island Main Trunk railway to have its own power. The project was started in 1911 to provide the approximately 600 residents of Mangaweka with town water and sewerage.
Makohine Viaduct
The Makohine Viaduct is an impressive engineering achievement. Its was one of many viaducts designed by engineer Peter Seton Hay (1852–1907) in the central part of the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) railway. The Makohine Viaduct overcame the first major natural obstacle to the NIMT’s completion, spanning a bush-clad gorge, approximately two kilometres (km) south of Ohingaiti.
Chelsea Sugar Refinery
The Chelsea Sugar Refinery commenced operation in 1884 and is notable because it is still New Zealand’s only sugar works. It’s one of the longest continuously functioning works in New Zealand and is one of Auckland’s most important industrial landmarks.
Remutaka Railway
Surveyed by John Rochfort in 1870–71, the railway from Wellington as far as Kaitoke opened on 1 January 1878, and was extended to Featherston on 12 October 1878.
Peter Seton Hay (1852–1907)
Peter Seton Hay was born in Glasgow and came with his parents to New Zealand in 1860. He was educated in Dunedin, becoming the first Bachelor of Arts (BA) of Otago University in 1877. He followed this with a Master of Arts (MA) with first-class honours in mathematics the next year.
James Wylde (1824–1908)
James Wylde was born into a well-known musical family in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, on 29 November 1824. They subsequently moved to London and he attended the Public school of Westminster. His older brother Henry became a founder and director of the London Academy of Music, a composer and long-time conductor of the New Philharmonic concerts and important in the history of English music.
