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|title=Tunnellers get together for 50th
|author=Naomi Singer
|book=Taupo & Turangi Weekender
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|publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment
|year=2017
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|language=English
|online=YES
|topic=Moawhango Tongariro Tunnel, Codelfa-Cogefar, Italian tunnellers in New Zealand
|time=2017
|geo=Turangi
|link=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/taupo-turangi-weekender/20171221/281736974813568
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Article, with photos, about the 50th reunion of more than 20 former workers of Codelfa-Cogefar (NZ) Ltd who gathered from Italy, Australia, Samoa and around New Zealand to attend the Codelfa-Cogefar (NZ) Ltd Workers 50 Year Reunion in Turangi during 1-3 December 2017, along with ex-colleagues, family and friends. The attendees included some of the original Italian tunnellers who first came to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%ABrangi Turangi] in 1967 to work on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongariro_Power_Scheme Tongariro Hydro-Electric Scheme], with several travelling all the way from Italy to Turangi. Over 400 Italians were employed in the scheme from the 1960s to the 1980s, many remained in New Zealand and some married New Zealanders. A press release from Codelfa-Cogefar about the reunion can be found [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1712/S00337/50-year-reunion-of-codelfa-cogefar-nz-ltd.htm here].

More info about the Codelfa-Cogefar workers in New Zealand and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongariro_Power_Scheme The Tongariro Power scheme] can be found here: <br>
[[Codelfa-Cogefar: Moawhango, Tongariro Tunnel]] <br>
[[To go or to stay: A study of decision-making by Italian workers and their families in Turangi]] <br>
[[What was the importance of food and wine to the Italians who worked for Codelfa in New Zealand and what effect did it have on the eating habits of many New Zealanders?]]
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[[Italian Tunnellers are Prepared for any Sacrifice - Except Food and Wine. A Review of the Contribution of Italian Tunnellers to Life in the Central North Island of New Zealand]]<br>
[[Transference markers: Verbal Devices for Marking Transference in the Speech of First Generation Italian-English Bilinguals in and Around Turangi]] <br> 
[[Cover of The New Zealand Journal of History Volume 54, Number 1, April 2020]] <br> 
[[Tongariro: New Zealand’s Engineering Feat]]