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Drummond Holderness (1887–1946)

Drummond Holderness was born at Christchurch on 15 March 1887, and died in Auckland on 8 December 1946. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and received his technical training at Canterbury College where he gained Associateship (Mechanical) of the School of Engineering in 1906.

Arthur David Mead (1888–1977)

Arthur Mead was born in Taranaki in 1888. He grew up at Maungakaramea, near Dargaville, where he went to primary school.

Light rail at the end of the tunnel

The recently unveiled light rail plan for Auckland is a public infrastructure project on a scale never before seen in this country. But what do engineers and transport and infrastructure experts think of the plan – does it go far enough? And what will it mean for engineers?