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Saturday, 22 March 2014
12:57:21
Goede dag!
Kia ora!
G’day!
Did you ever hear the story about the little Dutch boy who saved Holland
It was a children’s story the book was the small soft cover type like the Jack & Jill series printed pre cursers to learning to read for primary school children, in New Zealand.
Not many Dutch people have heard that story, well not the one’s I have met (a handful of schoolfriend’s, boyfriends and their families – and my most recent new acquaintances.
My best friend when I was 5 years old was Dutch her name was Wilhelmina and her grandparent’s Oma & Opa spoke no English so the entire household spoke Dutch so to communicate I had to learn enough to get by.
Whatever happened to Wilhelmina and her family?
Those that would know have since moved on moved away or passed away.
Industrialisation of New Zealand
New Zealand was still a young country in the 1960’s and had many migrant families looking for work and the chance to resettle ;the development of cheap housing estates (ours was the Fitzgerald block) railroads, major roads, bridges (just imagine Auckland without a bridge-that was the case once upon a time).
Hydro-electric dams
Tongariro power development In the 1950s, in response to post World War II needs for rapid expansion of energy resources to meet the growing industrialisation in New Zealand, the Tongariro Power Scheme proposal was developed. The scheme would require a large construction force, and provide accommodation for that force for the duration of the project.
The Tongariro Power Scheme (1,400 GWh) diverts water from the south side of Mount Ruapehu and the west and north sides of Tongariro into Lake Taupo , and thus eventually into the Waikato River
The main river systems comprising a series of dams and powerhouses are situated on the following rivers:
The Waikato River
The Waitaki River
- my father worked on this one - the Benmore (540 MW) (2,200 GWh)
- BTW my uncle ren is working on civil construction works for FIJI
The Clutha River
Other schemes are standalone developments associated with specific sites.
The Tongariro power development (TPD) is a hydroelectric power generation scheme located on the central volcanic plateau. The TPD, as conceived in the 1950s, had a double role: it would harness the headwaters of the Whanganui, Whangaehu, and Tongariro River systems to generate power at power stations at Tokaanu and Rangipō; it would increase the flow of water into Lake Taupō and boost the energy generated by a further nine power stations on the Waikato River (map 14.1).
Constructed between 1964 and 1984, the TPD is the last great North Island hydro scheme of the twentieth century, conceived in an era of post-war electricity shortages and powerful agencies of State like the Ministry of Works (MOW) where the project engineer had a dominant role.
In brief
So many migrants and their families helped to build this country employed by the Ministry of Works NZ and other government departments.
Migrants have also contributed on major civil engineering constructions around the world below are some of those:
Three Gorges Dam in Hubei , China
Itaipu Dam in Brazil/Paraguay Paraná
Hoover Dam United States Colorado River
this looks amazing via satellite images
La Grande-2-A Canada
Iron Gates-I Romania Serbia Danube
Zhiguliovskaya (Samarskaya) Russia Volga
this looks amazing via satellite images
30 Volzhskaya (Volgogradskaya) Russia Volga
Bakun Dam Malaysia Balui
Atatürk Dam Turkey Euphrates
Thanks for joining us today! Dankje
