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Kōrero: Hydroelectricity

Hydro town

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Hydro town

The township at Roxburgh dam, built to accommodate construction workers, was an essential part of building the power stations. The dam was completed in 1956.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Whites Aviation Collection

Reference: WA-35517

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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John E. Martin, Hydroelectricity – National hydro system, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22465/hydro-town (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John E. Martin, i tāngia i te 20 April 2010.