Heayns Place!

Heayns Place!

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August 23rd 2012
Today I got up early to pack and head up to Haywards for my tour of the station. The site is owned and run by Transpower but Siemens were doing the upgrading from the very outdated 50 year old system. Michael, the representative from Transpower, gave me the grand tour. Haywards substation is where the HVDC link across the Cook Strait terminates on the North Island. The upgrade is to decommsion the ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more