New Zealand and Radar

Cue (NZERS), Issue 24, 31 May 1945, Page 28

New Zealand and Radar

The scientific resources of New Zealand have been mobilised and developed during the war, and scientific liaison with Britain, Australia, and America has produced valuable results. A major scientific development undertaken in New Zealand was in radar. The Radio Development Laboratory was set up and became responsible for the development of prototype radar and radio equipment. At the University Colleges, extra-mural work was done in engineering, radio, optics, and chemical warfare under the direction of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. A contribution was also made by New Zealand scientists in the fitting and repair of

complex equipment being installed or used by the services. In the campaign in the Solomon Islands a considerable amount of equipment was used which had been developed and produced in New Zealand. The experience which was gained in tropical warfare in the Pacific put New Zealand in a position to supply scientific information to the United Kingdom on operational conditions, and it is hoped that, together.■ ? with more details from Austral a, this information will be of value in the design and operation of special equipment manufactured in Britain for use in the Fax East.