Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A new book,* Power: Electrical Supply to the Manawatū* by Colin Rush looks back at the history of local power supply since 1878. The author joined the Manawatū-Oroua E...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          February 1, 2014

This substation was the Manawatu Oroua Electric Power Board’s first environmentally designed plant in Palmerston North. It was opened by the Board’s Chairman, Mr Mel Waters, on February 9 1981. The small site is surrounded by a high wall so that ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Flygers Line, Palmerston North
Date:          February 10, 1981