Voices of those who built Manapouri hydro power station
Manapouri is the largest hydro power station in New Zealand. Located on the edge of Lake Manapouri's West Arm in Fiordland National Park - construction began in 1964 and over eight years, 1800 workers toiled on it in punishing conditions - constructing the power station 200 metres below a granite mountain in an underground cavern. Oral historian Dr Rosemary Baird has interviewed 18 workers who were part of the project - she's written a book about them - called The Middle of Nowhere - published by Canterbury University Press. She joins Kathryn with excerpts her interviews, who bring the story to life.