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Kōrero: Research institutions

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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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

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/mi/video/44970/solar-heating (accessed 30 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.