New Zealand tunnelling, Italian style - Tongariro Power Project
Category: Video
| Title | New Zealand tunnelling, Italian style - Tongariro Power Project |
|---|---|
| Producer | NZBC |
| Year | 1967-1976 |
| Language | English |
| Geographic reference | Turangi |
| Online resource | NO |
| Topic | Moawhango Tongariro Tunnel, Codelfa-Cogefar, Immigrant workers, Tongariro Power Development, Italian tunnellers in New Zealand |
In 1967 a group of Italian tunnellers were brought to New Zealand to work on the New Zealand Electricity Department's The Tongariro Power scheme. Nine years later they celebrated the first "holing" of the longest hydro tunnel in the world. This programme looks at their work, their social life, their wives and families.
This video is currently available for viewing at the Ngā Taonga media library on weekday afternoons from noon to 4pm.
More info about the Italian tunnellers in New Zealand and the The Tongariro Power scheme can be found here:
Codelfa-Cogefar: Moawhango, Tongariro Tunnel
Tunnellers get together for 50th
To go or to stay: A study of decision-making by Italian workers and their families in Turangi
Transference markers: Verbal Devices for Marking Transference in the Speech of First Generation Italian-English Bilinguals in and Around Turangi
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?
