Videos produced during the Lake Coleridge Power Station Centenary in 2014

Longtime Trustpower staff member Ian Lees talks about building the Lake Coleridge Power Station in the early 20th century. How it operated in the past and how it operates today.

Hugh Burrows was a Lake Coleridge Village resident for 36 years during the mid 20th century and worked much of this time at the Coleridge Power Station and on farms in the area. He talks about the development of the Lake Coleridge Village community and living in the area.

Trustpower staff member Hugh Foster talks about working at the Coleridge Power Station today (2014) and other stations Trustpower operates in the region.

Longtime Trustpower staff member Ross Pamment talks about working at the Lake Coleridge Power Station.

​Ann Turner grew up as a child in Lake Coleridge Village in the mid 20th century. Her father worked at the power station. She talks about her childhood memories of growing up in the area.

Former Lake Coleridge Village resident Ann Turner talks about growing up in the village as a child at the Power Station Centenary formal dinner. 

Central Canterbury Farm Forestry Association representatives Graeme McArthur and Tony Tripp talk about the Harry Hart Arboretum in Lake Coleridge Village. Harry Hart was a Superintendent at the Lake Coleridge Power Station and his interest in trees and their forestry potential in New Zealand led him to also develop a significant arboretum (largely conifers) during his tenure (1923-1953).

​Lake Coleridge Power Station Centenary - bus tour of the area. The guide is Meg Morton, a descendant of the Murchison family, who were for a long time the largest landholders in the district running a huge high country sheep station. Meg also farmed in the area in her adult life.

​Longtime Lake Coleridge resident Meg Morten talks about life around Lake Coleridge. She is a descendant of the Murchison family, who were major run-holders in the district from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. She talks about her ancestors' experience of the region as well as her own, covering recreation, farming, weather, visitors, building the power station, life in Lake Coleridge Village and more.

Longtime Lake Coleridge residents Meg & John Morten talk about living in the area.

Trustpower Manager Ian Lees acknowledges people involved in the Lake Coleridge Power Station Centenary celebrations.

​Deion Campbell of Trustpower talks about Trustpower's involvement in the Coleridge Power Station centenary celebrations.