The publication
Opus Works
A Short History of the New Zealand Government’s Infrastructure Development
About the book
An infrastructure history, told through people.
A short, but readable, history of the achievements of the Public Works Department, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Works and Development, Works and Development Services Corporation Limited, Works Consultancy Services Limited and Opus International Consultants Limited.
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders were employed by these organisations to work on most of the Government-owned infrastructure we all use today. This is a story of politics, social development, immigration, engineering, and a few of the people who made it all happen.
Many images (some rarely seen) track the projects and the story of the history of New Zealand infrastructure development.
Publication details
A record for the bookshelf.
- Author and publisher
- James Crow Muir
- Published
- 2021
- Launched
- 30/04/2021 at Parliament
- Length
- 584 pages
- ISBN
- 978-0-473-41030-8
- Price
- $65 NZD plus postage and handling
This is a non-profit price. Revenue from sales of the current print run will be used to print additional copies for sale. Any money remaining once demand for the book has ended will be donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.
The organisations
From Public Works to Opus.
The book follows the achievements of these organisations:
- Public Works Department
- Ministry of Works
- Ministry of Works and Development
- Works and Development Services Corporation Limited
- Works Consultancy Services Limited
- Opus International Consultants Limited