Many will know the 'Think Big' infrastructure push from the Muldoon era of the 70s and 80s as large projects like the Clyde Dam.
But there was lesser known 'Think Big' project some 100 years earlier under the stewardship of Premier Sir Julius Vogel.
It brought in a lot of the transport connections through roads and rail and farmers were able to move their good around much more easily.
He sold off land - often confiscated from Māori and used international loans to fund the major expansion.
Historian Jock Phillips is in the Wellington studio.
Julius Vogel Photo: TEARA
