The
Manapouri Power Station, the country's largest hydroelectric facility, is completed. It wouldn't export any electricity until April 1972 when transmission lines to Invercargill were completed.[5]
October
25 October – The Christchurch to Dunedin overnight express becomes the last revenue
steam locomotive-hauled train service, as the New Zealand Railways completes
dieselisation.
The
Manapouri Power Station, the country's largest hydroelectric facility, is completed. It wouldn't export any electricity until April 1972 when transmission lines to Invercargill were completed.[5]
October
25 October – The Christchurch to Dunedin overnight express becomes the last revenue
steam locomotive-hauled train service, as the New Zealand Railways completes
dieselisation.