NEW ZEALAND MARCHES ON

16th June 1938. Scenes of Ministry of Works and Development construction sites: Mohaka viaduct, opened by Minister of Public Works, Mr Bob Semple; 4ZB wireless mast, Dunedin; Fawkesworth Cutting; Hutt reclamation, Wellington; Karamia Harbour; Nelson aerodrome; Rangitata Irrigation Scheme, man made stream 40 miles long.

00:27 Where the very fact of the lavish profusion of nature in scenic wonders provides a maze of engineering problems for the road and railway builder.
018:11 The End. A New Zealand National Picture.

“A record of New Zealand’s increased mechanisation during post depression years. The transition from the pick and shovel to the bulldozer. Road and railway building by horses and cart and pick, shovel and wheelbarrow; construction of Mohaka railway viaduct, known as Bob Semple’s meccano set; opening ceremony performed by Bob Semple - N.Z. Public Works Department on projects such as the Hutt River reclamation, retaining walls at Karamea Harbour, railway track construction on the South Island main trunk, Timaru Airport.
Rangitata irrigation scheme and Waitaki river road bridge.” - (from NFL Notes)