Ministry of Works (New Zealand)
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Ministry of Works Department of Public Works Ministry of Works and Development |
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| Māori : Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | |
| legal form | Public Service Department |
| Headquarters | Wellington |
| Establishment date | 1870 |
| Dissolution date | 1988 |
| Reason for dissolution | Division of the department and partial privatization |
| Ministry | Ministry of Works |
The Ministry of Works ( Māori : Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga ), originally founded in 1870 as the Department of Public Works in New Zealand , has seen some changes over the years with regard to responsibilities, outsourcing, name changes and finally its dissolution in 1988.
history
On June 28, 1870, Julius Vogel, Secretary of the Treasury of William Fox, presented the House of Representatives with a financial plan for an ambitious project. His idea was to expand the country's road and rail system with the help of immigrants and, with the associated improvement in the country's transport infrastructure, lay the foundation for an economic upswing. In the same year, the Department of Immigration and the Department of Public Works were founded to carry out the project .
In 1928 the Public Works Act merged the Department of Public Works with the Ministry of Works and renamed the Ministry of Works and Development in 1973 . When the Ministry of Works and Development Abolition Act came into force on April 1, 1988, the Ministry and its authorities were dissolved and the Minister of Lands was entrusted with the settlement, which lasted until 1990 .
The Ministry of Works and Development was divided into a Consultancy Division and a Civil Works Division (German: Consulting Department and Department for Public Works ) and the Works and Development Services Corporation (NZ) Limited , a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) of New Zealand, which was founded on March 28, 1988 specifically for this purpose. With the founding of Works Consultancy Services on February 18, 1991, the consulting department was transferred to the new subsidiary and finally sold to Kinta Kellas from Malaysia in November 1996 . On April 8, 1997, the company was renamed. Since then, it has been operated under the name Opus International Consultants , which is still valid today . The public works department was also transferred to a subsidiary on February 18, 1991 and named Works Civil Construction . After several changes of name and the sale in 1996, this division is still managed today under the Downer EDI Works company.
Well-known projects between 1870 and 1988
Railway projects
Under the Public Works Act of 1876, the Department of Public Works was given responsibility for the construction and operation of the New Zealand rail network until 1880 . From 1880 this responsibility was partially handed over to the newly founded Railways Department . Lines still under construction continued to be operated and offered as a service to the Railways Department . The Department of Public Works received locomotives and wagons from the Railways Department . Smaller stretches, such as the 6.4 km long branch line from the Kurow Branch to a dam project on the Waitaki River , were managed independently, including for passenger transport and sightseeing tours to the dam. The line was shut down and dismantled in April 1937.
Other Projects:
- Raurimu spiral , 1898
- North Island Main Trunk Railway , completed in 1908
- East Coast Main Trunk Railway , completed in 1928
- Eastern Line in Auckland , completed in 1929
- Auckland Railway Station , 1930
- Stratford-Okahukura Line , completed in 1932
- Wellington-Porirua Line , completed in 1935
- Kaimai Railway Tunnel , completed in 1978
Military projects
- The Bob Semple Tank armored crawler tractor , 1941
- The hangars for the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Ohakea and Whenuapai , completed in 1939
- Stony Batter's defense installation , 1944
- The Wrights Hill Fortress coastal artillery position near Wellington , 1943
Hydropower projects
- Waitaki Dam , completed in 1935
- Tekapo A , completed in 1951
- Clyde Dam , completed in 1989
literature
- Rosslyn J. Noonan: By Design: A Brief History of the Public Works Department Ministry of Works 1870-1970 . Ed .: New Zealand Government . Wellington 1975 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ The Public Works Department to the Ministry of Works and Development . Opus International Consultants Limited , archived from the original on June 2, 2010 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Russell Davies : History of Public Works Acts in New Zealand . (PDF 314 kB) Country Information New Zealand (LINZ) , archived from the original ; accessed on January 20, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Public Works Department / Ministry of Works . the Porirua Hospital Museum , accessed July 17, 2010 .
- ^ History . Downer EDI Works , archived from the original on May 26, 2010 ; accessed on June 10, 2013 .