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Date

1963

By

Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference

E-549-q-13-198

Description

Shows Sir Keith Holyoake, sitting at his easel before a view of pristine Lake Manapouri with forested hills and snow-covered mountains in the background, doing a 'modernist' painting of an imagined Manapouri Power Station which has not yet been built. An astonished man and woman with question marks above their heads peer at the painting from behind him. Refers to the building of the Manapouri Power Station by the National government in the 1960s. The original design meant that the lake would be raised but this aroused such an outcry from people who recognised the effect this would have on the environment that the plan was modified, thereby permitting the construction of the power station. Keith Holyoake was Prime Minister at the time.

Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping..

Physical Description: Newspaper clipping 130 mm x 200 mm.

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1 newspaper clipping., Works of art, Clippings, Cartoons (Commentary), Newspaper clipping 130 mm x 200 mm.