The country's first power station is generating again for the first time in 80 years.
The Reefton Powerhouse was built in 1888 and was believed to have been the first public supply of electricity in the Southern Hemisphere back then.
It closed down in 1946, but in 2013 a community trust was started with the hope of turning the small river-run hydro station on again.
It is plugged into the national grid and expected to earn about $200,000 a year, which will go back into community projects.
Reefton Powerhouse Community Trust member Dave Hawes talks to Kathryn about what it took to get the station generating again.
Photo: Supplied by the Reefton Powerhouse Charitable Trust
