A highway taken out of obscurity
A lonely grave on a remote Taranaki hillside is a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made to open up the precipitous North Island hill country....
Category : Historical
Auckland’s boulevard: Tamaki Drive
Tamaki Drive could loosely be described as Auckland’s boulevard, a showpiece facing a magnificent harbour. Richard Silcock traces its history, and explores why this stretch...
Award-winning crane project … from the past
Back in 1998 we ran an article about an award-winning, unusual crane project in Auckland that was so unique it featured at length in an...
Christchurch International Airport – an ongoing story
Since its inception in 1936, Christchurch International Airport has been an unfinished project in terms of ongoing development. Richard Silcock traces the history and recent...
Old scrapers in action
In the April issue we featured the making of Auckland International Airport, which opened in January 1966. THE AIRPORT WAS FIRST mooted back in 1929...
By the Dry Cardrona
Featured photo: SIR GEORGE GREY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AUCKLAND LIBRARIES It is a now a direct, all-sealed, and exceptionally scenic link between Queenstown and Wanaka, but...
Commemorating 60 years – The Rimutaka Rail Tunnel
It’s 60 years since the Rimutaka Rail Tunnel opened. Due to its solid construction it has required minimal maintenance over its life and is set...
Devonport’s Calliope Drydock – favored by fate
When it opened 130 years ago Devonport’s Calliope drydock was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Dug by hand in a little over three years,...
The Masher – a seismic breakthrough
by Vijay Naidu
Wellington’s Te Papa museum is internationally renowned for its fine collection as well as its ingenious earthquake-proof technology – the 135 base isolators (lead-rubber bearings)...
We shall not forget: the Kiwi pioneers and engineers on The Western Front
Many Kiwi engineers and civil construction workers were the backbone of the New Zealand forces in WW1. They included such industry-making figures as Arnold Downer,...