Dam the River
Dam the River is a podcast series written and pre…
- Update frequency
- every 313 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
All's Well That Croms Well
Way back in the distant past, I was working on a podcast series about hydro electric power stations in New Zealand. I did three episodes back before the baby, then there was a large gap. The fourth e…
00:51:50 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
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 environmental movement in opposition to it.
This is a publi…
This is a publi…
00:36:39 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
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 electricity more and more. Workers moved into houses built …
00:31:23 |
Tue 27 Nov 2018
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 World War till the end of the second. This covers Parry's No…
In this episode we look at the expansion in hydro power projects from the end of the First World War till the end of the second. This covers Parry's No…
00:38:19 |
Wed 12 Sep 2018
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 why the dams were built, and the changes in society that led …
In this series of podcasts, James Macbeth Dann looks into the history of hydro-electric power in New Zealand, how and why the dams were built, and the changes in society that led …
00:31:56 |
Mon 30 Jul 2018
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