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Waipori hydro-electric scheme

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Waipori hydro-electric scheme

Of New Zealand’s main centres, Dunedin was the leader in providing electricity for its residents. It had built a power station at Waipori Falls by 1907 and continued to develop the site.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: Otago Witness, 20 March 1907

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Government and politics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22719/waipori-hydro-electric-scheme (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.