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HISTORY
New Zealand is Different
Nineteen Eighteen
The Dairy Industry
A New Zealand Based Multinational
Electricity Supply
Improved Milking Techniques:
Technology Diffusion
The Electric Fence
Breeding for Milk Yield
Scale Economies through Transport Advances
Hamilton’s Comprehensive 1940 Survey
Milk Tankers
Fewer Farms – Bigger Herds
The Science of Milk
Scientific Support Institutions
Mechanised Cheesemaking
The Dairy Industry cont’d
Flax Milling
Forestry
Pinus Radiata
Valuable Materials for Man
A Forestry Boom
An Uncertain Investment
Entrican’s Answer
The Pulp & Paper Projects
The Plumbing of Steam
Plate Tectonics
A Challenge For Scientists and Engineers
The Italian Precedent
New Zealand’s Volcanic Region
A Commitment to Investigation
A Major Technological Investigation
Original Work is Required
Nuclear Power Gets in the Way
Utilising the Steam
Technical Decision-making
Prospecting for Other Steamfields
Environmental Concerns:
A Penetrating Commentary
Feedlines at Wairakei (Picture)
Pasture
Pasture Deterioration
Grassland Evangelism
Strain and Breeding
Bush-Sickness
The Role of Stock
An Integrated Pastoral System
Phosphate
Complementary Technologies
Aerial_Topdressing
An Ecological Disaster
Julius Vogel
A Significant Remit
Ohakea Trials
Economic Viability
Institutional Support
Replacing the Tiger Moth
Jet Boat
The Wonders of Cheap Hydroelectricity
Water Wheels
White Diamonds
Manapouri
A New World in Canterbury
Coleridge
Rural Electicity
Electric Cars
Women’s Labour
Scale Economies
Electric Milking Machines
Phosphate
A Fascinating Prospect
All-electric Houses
New Power Sources
Evan Parry Electrical Engineer
CookStrait DC Link
Evan Parry in 1918
Vehement Views
Scale Economies
An Unchallenged Logic
Seabed Surveys
A Planning Committee
Nuclear Pretext
Benmore is Proposed
Superior Direct Current Costs
Independent Technical Advice
Political Opposition Surfaces
Broadcasting Censorship?
Nuclear Power
Geothermal Energy Competes
Ministry of Works Self-Interest
The Government Knows Best
An Ambitious Scheme
The Saga of Making Steel from Ironsands
The Saga of New Zealand Steel #2
The Saga of New Zealand Steel #3
The Saga of New Zealand Steel #4
John Ernest Lelliott Cull
The Titanium problem
Process Options
Iron Chronology
Leo Fanning Remembers
The 19th Century Heritage: the Meat Industry
An Opportune Technology
The "Dunedin"
A Direct Steam Service
British Technology
A 19thCentury Industry
Introduction of the Chain
Lowly Graduates
Government Support
Colonial Dependence
Systematic Research at Last
Electrical Stimulation
Hygiene Regulations
Mechanical Dressing
Parallel Projects
The 19th Century Heritage: Steam Railways
Railways in Economic History
Vogel’s Plan
Vogel and Think Big
A Special Breed of New Zealand Locomotives
New Zealand Locomotives
A Colonial Viewpoint
Gold Dredges
Railway Glamour
New Zealand Manufacture
The Pacific Configuration
A Classic Steam Locomotive
A Limit to Locomotive Design
Main Line Electrification
The Most Important Rail Link
A Visionary General Manager
A Tentative Contract
A Royal Commission Provides a Forum
Aicken’s Report
An Idealistic Solution
Aiken though Retired Gives Evidence
Lusty has the Last Word
Heroes & Villains
Go Ahead in 1980
Advantages and Disadvantages
Curve Easement
Earlier Electric Schemes
Wool Scouring
What is Wool Scouring
A Learning Process
The Origins of the New Technology
Features of the System
Commercial Acceptance & Industry-wide Diffusion
Mini-Bowls
The Risk Takers
Economic Considerations