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Kōrero: Engineering

Inspecting the Arapuni dam, 1930

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Inspecting the Arapuni dam, 1930

Members of the New Zealand Society of Engineers inspect the Arapuni dam. The construction of large hydroelectric dams in the early 20th century presented engineers with new challenges.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 1/2-027085; C

by E. C. Lackland

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Matthew Wright, Engineering – Engineering, 1900–1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21607/inspecting-the-arapuni-dam-1930 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Matthew Wright, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.