A Brief History of Twizel
Twizel was once home to a handful of high country sheep farmers and their staff, and not a lot else. Almost overnight it became the site of the world’s largest hydroelectricity development project of the day.
At the completion of the project in 1983, the bustling township was destined to be bulldozed into the ground but the locals had other ideas. They fought for their community, and now Twizel is proudly known as the heart of the Mackenzie and the gateway to Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
A Brief History of Twizel tells the story of the growth of a prosperous district from sheep farming, to hydroelectricity and beyond. See how the town's rich history still runs deep within the community, while residents and visitors alike enjoy all the opportunities the Mackenzie District has to offer.
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Skipped through the waffle of the last 13 minutes but other than that really interesting and well done. Most appreciated and big thanks Max Smith for providing such a great venue for the nations school rowers, simply stunning setting with the trees, the beautiful coloured lake, and the mountain backdrop. Superb.
As an assistant engineer in the Timaru NZPO engineering district, I was heavily involved with telecom plant in the development of the Twizel & Upper Waitaki Power scheme. Many meetings with Max Smith and his engineers. A great time to be involved with a great bunch of guys.
@bennichols1113
2 ай бұрын
Dad tim nichols was NZPO in Queenstown
What a great documentary. Thank you to all concern for the making of this and showing exactly what was involved in the Upper Waitaki project and how it helped shape the landscape that we know today.
A great potted history. I know a lot of people who worked on the project, they all loved their time in Twizel. It is an outdoors paradise.
As an observation ... Twizel survived because the NZED overlooked the fact that many of the staff who wore their bodies out for them would grow old and actually wanted to stay on in that locality. Yet again teaching us that any great plan forgets to factor in the human lifecycle element. What a gem of a video to find ... This clip lays down the challenge to the next generation ... wear your arse out and do better ... otherwise shut the fek up. And Max Smith ... you did not receive nearly enough accolades for your loyalty to the environment and its people, ... and your ability to look at the future big picture and add a human element to it. So many caravaners now enjoy the special quiet spots to stay a night that you had the vision to see into the future for.
The Hydro projects gave NZ a great sense of purpose which sadly has been lost now
@user-sm8se2ug4b
3 ай бұрын
You are right
@kingy002
2 ай бұрын
"which sadly has been lost now". What does that actually mean? What should NZ's purpose be now?
@slooob23
Ай бұрын
@@kingy002 it means we used to be able to innovate and build things and solve problems efficiently and effectively. Now we can't get anything done without a myriad of stuff ups and enormous budgets.
@kingy002
Ай бұрын
@@slooob23 You make some excellent pertinent points, but that is not an answer for the original statement, which was about NZ's purpose.
Great to see Max Smith! He was a great man with a great vision
That was really well done.
The first 20 or so minutes can give a miss. The rest of it very interesting. I remember my Dad would travel away for days at a time, in his yellow VW truck as part of the team with the houses coming to Twizel to paint and wallpaper.
Gosh this is so cool. Thankyou for sharing this
absolute brilliance
Thank god for the ability to self edit the first part
Does anyone know there names @ 26.20
Who ate all the moa?
Speak english buddy. The Maoris wiped out all the Moa's and the timber they took was for their canoes. They came to New Zealand only about 800 years before the Europeans. If theyd travelled over to Australia, they would have taken that place over in an instant wiping out the very fragile aborigines with ease. Its interesting how different history could have been with just some minor changes.
Maori will not be pleased!
@RageAgainstTheMachine.
Ай бұрын
like the clowns they put in parliament