Switching on the King Country: A Century of Community Achievement

Author(s): Helen Reilly

New Zealand Non-fiction

Switching on the King Country: A Century of Community Achievement tells the story of how electricity was taken to the most remote parts of the King Country and how the power was kept on under appaling conditions.


Product Information

Helen Reilly is a public historian based in Wellington. Switching on the King Country is her third energy history book - Gas, Power & People: Energy Supply in Hutt Mana 1880-2005 and Connecting the Country: New Zealand's National Grid 1886-2008 were also published by Steele Roberts.

General Fields

  • : 9781877448997
  • : Steele Roberts & Associates Ltd
  • : Steele Roberts & Associates
  • : August 2010
  • : 260mm X 200mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Helen Reilly
  • : Helen Reilly
  • : colour photographs
  • : colour photographs
  • : 243
  • : 243
  • : 333.793209933
  • : 333.793209933
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback