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She visited Wellington in April 1964 as part of Operation Sea Orbit. [21] [22] Enterprise's two nuclear-powered escorts, Bainbridge and Long Beach, berthed in Wellington but Enterprise stayed in Cook Strait because she was too big to enter the harbour. [23] [24] Jet aircraft from the ship did fly-bys over Wellington and Christchurch.
Operation Sea Orbit was the 1964 circumnavigation of Task Force One of the United States Navy, consisting of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and her escorts, the cruisers USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge. This all-nuclear-powered unit sailed 30,565 miles around the world for sixty-five days without refueling.
In 1876, two years after their marriage, John Houghton became proprietor of The Wellington Enterprise and Mary was his assistant editor. Though she was characterized in an 1897 biographical sketch as an "editorial assistant" to her husband, he later wrote in a family history that she was his "assistant editor" and "contributed the larger share ...
Transpower New Zealand Limited Company type State-owned enterprise Industry Electricity transmission Founded 1994 ; 31 years ago (1994) Headquarters Wellington, New Zealand Key people Dr Keith Turner, Chairman Alison Andrew, Chief Executive Revenue NZ$ 1,061.1 million Total assets NZ$5,597.5 million employed Total equity NZ$1,481.3 million Website www.transpower.co.nz Transpower New Zealand ...
The MBIE head office on Stout Street, Wellington (the former Defence House). The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (abbr. MBIE; Māori: Hīkina Whakatutuki) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with "delivering policy, services, advice and regulation" which contribute to New Zealand's economic productivity and business growth.
It was empowered by the Wellington Gas Company Act 1870 to supply coal gas through pipelines and other facilities which might require breaking up Wellington's public streets and opening its drains. [2] The gasworks were erected on the northern or beach side of Courtenay Place by Tory Street and the town was first lit by gas on 21 April 1871. [3 ...
KiwiRail Holdings Limited Company type State-Owned Enterprise Industry Rail transport, shipping, property management Predecessor Toll NZ Founded 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) Headquarters Pipitea, Wellington, New Zealand Area served New Zealand Key people Peter Reidy (CEO), David McClean (Chair) Products Great Journeys New Zealand Services Rail freight Inter-island ferries Long-distance passenger ...
On 12 October 2022, NZ Post opened a new over 10,000 square metres "Super Depot" in Wellington capable of automatically sorting 11,000 parcels per hour which was previously done by hand. The new automated sorting system uses optical character recognition (OCR) capable of reading hand writing as well as barcode scanning to determine where the ...