Overview

Waka Paddle to Gas Pedal - The First Century of Auckland Transport - describes the evolution of Auckland's transport systems in terms of the aspirations and activities of various businessmen, planners, engineers, and politicians and the ensuing success and failure of their enterprises between 1840 and 1940. The story tells of how national and local parochialism and the propensity for many Aucklanders to reap a harvest of capital gains by speculating in land have been responsible for the delay and failure of many transport initiatives.

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Author:   Keith Mexsom
Publisher:   Keith Mexsom
Imprint:   Keith Mexsom
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780648512929

ISBN 10:   0648512924
Pages:   551
Publication Date:   15 January 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements: Introduction: Chapter One: The Inland Waterways - Paper Canals Chapter Two: Across the Waitemata - The Ferries Chapter Three: Auckland Canals and the Inland Waterways Commission Chapter Four: The Harbour Bridge Chapter Five: Trails Through the Fern Chapter Six: Trails of Steel - The Railway Chapter Seven: The Omnibuses - The Ancillaries Vie for Supremacy Chapter Eight: On Your Bike Chapter Nine: The Dominance of the Centre Line - The Age of Trams Chapter Ten: The Motor Car Cometh Afterword: References: Index:

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I have been writing fiction and non-fiction for more than 30 years and I have had a good deal of magazine and newspaper experience in both New Zealand and Australia as a publisher, editor, sub-editor, journalist, feature writer and copywriter - working in both a team environment and as a freelancer. I am now based in Sydney. I have a Graduate Diploma in Journalism Studies from Massey University (2009) and in 2008 I was awarded the Freelance Writer category of the 2007/2008 Statistics New Zealand Journalism Award. In that same year, I was also the recipient of the Bruce Jesson Critical Writing Award which included a grant toward the writing of a book about certain aspects of Auckland's transport history.

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