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Solar heating

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This 1959 government publicity clip shows some of the applied research into solar energy undertaken at the DSIR's Dominion Physical Laboratory in Wellington. 

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 95. National Film Unit, 1959

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Simon Nathan, Research institutions – Developing research organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/44970/solar-heating (accessed 30 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.