I joined the Tauranga Electric Power Board (TEPB), in 1972 just after after the Lloyd Mandeno Power Station had been commissioned. As a hobby I started taking photos of the evolving Wairoa River Development Scheme - Mini Hydro Project (Later known as the Kaimai Hydro Power Scheme). Many people assisted and encouraged me, and in alphabetical order some of these were:
Jack Bickers (Systems Technician TEPB), Hugh Binney (Manager TJGC), Peter Browne (Electrical Engineer Tauranga City Council (TCC)), Roger Burchett (site engineer), Shirley Crowley (Board Member TEPB), Eddie Graham (C.E. TEPB), Anne Hyde, Roger Jamiesion ( Systems Technician TEPB), Evan Mackie: DSO & Bar, DFC (US) - (Chief Inspector TEPB), John Polkinghorne (Secretary Tauranga Electric Power Board), Les Simpson (Transmission Engineer TEPB), Peter Thorpe (Sec. TEPB),Tom Webster (Assistant transmission Engineer TEPB), Rex White (C.E. TEPB), Jeff Wilson (Director - Mandeno, Chitty and Bell Ltd.)
It is now getting on to thirty years since the scheme was completed, and my life is slowly but surely approaching its end. I felt that it is a pity if some of the illustrative photos were not put on to the Internet, for anyone interested in this type of scheme to view; so I decided to create this web site.
I have tried to make this site visually appealing, as pictures of engineering construction work often resemble a nightmare of concrete mixed with steel reinforcing rods.
It can be noted that I use the "nom de foto" 'David de la Hyde' because a Google search for "David Hyde" turns up thousands of references to the TV actor David Hyde Pierce. The surname I have chosen, is that of the junior branch of the Hyde family from which I am descended - "de la Hyde" family of Brimpton, Berkshire.
Link: Photos of the Wairoa Hydro Development Scheme A4 format (at 200 dpi) for downloading
The A4 format photos which can be downloaded from the link above, may be suitable for school projects, for instance.
Notes:
In the period 1993 to 1994 TEPB became Trustpower and was listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange
Additional information can be found in Trust Power's Kaimai generation review:
http://www.trustpower.co.nz/index.php?section=111
(Copy and paste the address into your web browser)