On the radar: the story of Piha's World War 2 radar station
Maker and role
Sandra Coney, Author
Production date
2013
Object detail
Accession number
14-5615
Maker
Description
Includes bibliographical references and index. "On the Radar is the story of Piha's World War 2 radar station, where the new high-tech weaponry of radar scanned the skies for signs of invading Japanese and the seas for submarines. One of a coastal network, reporting to the secret nerve centre at The Filter Room, the Piha station was a key part of New Zealand's home defence. This is also a book about a place and the connections between its ancient past, its history and its present. The high hill on which the station sat was sacred to Maori, a place where supernatural feats were performed. During and after the war, experiments to pinpoint the sources of radio emissions from the heavens were conducted at Piha, now acclaimed as laying the foundations for the modern science of radio astronomy. On the Radar will be a revelation for readers, containing much new material about strange happenings at New Zealand's best known beach, along with many previously unseen images"--Cover.
Media/Materials
Physical description
206 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps, portraits (some colour) ; 19 x 24 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
9780473245993
047324599X
047324599X
Other title
On the radar the story of Piha's WWII radar station
Credit line
Sandra Coney. 2013. On the radar: the story of Piha's World War 2 radar station, 14-5615. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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