Wellington’s Central Telephone Exchange stands on a site used for this function since 1887, although this current building (completed in …
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The high voltage direct-current (HVDC) link between Benmore and Haywards is a 600 megawatt (MW), 500 kilovolt (kV) HVDC transmission …
Initially commissioned for the Waihi Gold Mining Company in 1914, the Horahora Power Station was submerged in 1947 when the …
The New Zealand government's first major involvement in electric power supply was at Lake Coleridge on the Rakaia River. It …
The Mangahao Power Station was the first of many large hydro power stations to be built in New Zealand under …
This Wellington building, opened in 1982, was the first office building in the world constructed using the "base isolation” principle …
Early explorer and surveyor, Thomas Brunner (1821?–1874), was the first to identify bituminous coal fields in the Grey Valley in …
These hangars were constructed in 1939 as part of New Zealand’s defence strategy. Their design was also adopted for two …
Wellington’s Evans Bay Power Station was commissioned in 1924 to boost the capital city’s electricity supply. The station was demolished …
Completed in early 1931, the Birchville Dam is a water supply dam on Clarke's Stream, a west bank tributary of …
The Cobb Dam, built between 1936 and 1956, has a special place in the history of New Zealand dams. It …
The Kawarau Falls Dam, completed in 1926, is located at the head of the Kawarau River where it arises at …
Originally constructed between 1955 and 1959, the Auckland Harbour Bridge is New Zealand’s largest bridge and the one with the …
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 …
