Having left the south island behind, the northern leg began by zooming into the present day in Tauranga at Trustpower, talking to Deion Campbell about the Tararua windfarm; evidence that, while the historical stories are impressive, we are still leading the world today in the energy sector.
And...
Day 2...having driven from Queenstown to Omarama (Richie country) almost straight from the helicopter (had to show the crew the joy of dinner at the Frankton Arms Tavern), day 2 saw us on the road at 7am, watching the sun rise over Pukaki and then Tekapo.
First stop (after breakfast at Run 79 in...
Day 1 of filming saw Steve, David and Matt back in Bullendale, site of the Southern Hemisphere's first hydro station. Stunning flying conditions, and our trusty chopper pilot, Paul Mitchell from HeliTours gave us an amazing ride in (including perching the chopper on the peak of a mountain so we could...
Finally, we're underway - over the next week we will travel to Reefton, Coleridge, Okere Falls, Wairakei, Hamilton and a bunch of other places, digging up the relics of old power stations, looking at the ones still going, and telling the story of some pretty impressive individuals who shaped New Zealand's...
We recently had an excellent opportunity to tell part of our online video story to NZ Herald's small business news.
See the full article here.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/small-business-sme/news/article.cfm?c_id=85&objectid=11549865
We’re well underway with 2015; some of you may have noticed we’ve given the website a bit of a spruce-up. There you can find brochures for all our 2015 courses, as well as a sampler of the videos from our new online-only induction course (see below).
In May we are running three courses in...
Whiteboard Energy announces its next in-class session History and Politics and this time it is offered in two locations. This single day course (with pre-loading from Whiteboard’s interactive online learning centre) is offered on Wednesday, 1 October in Wellington and Thursday, 2 October...
Whiteboard's flagship video case study is launched today with the overview video and its free for all.
This fantastic story from pioneering New Zealand is about the Southern Hemisphere's first multi-unit hydroelectric power station and transmission line and the world's first electricity powered gold...
Whiteboard Energy is celebrating the next iteration of its innovative online resource centre with a free sample of its renowned content. Whiteboard is expanding the methods by which people can access the resource centre, which complements a similar expansion of its flagship course.
When Whiteboard...
Whiteboard Energy has finished filming for its flagship video case study on New Zealand's first hydroelectric power station. Whiteboard's written case studies have been a fundamental component of its executive courses over the last three years, and have been very successful and well received. The video...
