Episode 5 - All's Well That Croms Well
Episode 5 looks at the Clyde Dam - the last big power station built by the state.
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Dam the River
Dam the River is a podcast series written and presented by James Macbeth Dann, in which he looks at the history of hydroelectric power generation in New Zealand, and the social and political...
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5 episodes
Episode 4: A Man, A Plan, A Dam; Manapouri
Episode 4 of Dam the River, looking at the development of the Manapouri Power Scheme, the Tiwai Point Aluminum Smelter, and the rise of the...
Episode 3: Power and Progress
In Episode 3, we look at the expansion of the hydro-electric power network in the post-war period, as the growing country came to depend on...
Episode 2: From The Muddy Banks of the Waitaki
Episode 2: From The Muddy Banks of the Waitaki. In this episode we look at the expansion in hydro power projects from the end of the First W...
Episode 1: It's Lit
Episode 1: It's Lit. In this series of podcasts, James Macbeth Dann looks into the history of hydro-electric power in New Zealand, how and w...