The name of Sunny Grove took place on a rainy day by Brenda Shirley Willis, the daughter of the...
Wainuiomata: Housing
Housing development in Wainuiomata started after World War II as the population rapidly expanded. The growing populations’ demands led to an increase in housing construction. Today, Wainuiomata is expanding in Arakura, Parkway, and other areas. While areas already developed, are experiencing a trend toward high density housing replacing older homes that sit on quarter-acre sections.
This is the site of Hugh Sinclair's old homestead 'Moness' in Wainuiomata, as seen in 2023. Photo shows a newer home...
A former student couldn't journey in time from Sydney across the Tasman to join a 50th school reunion. Instead,...
A family document their journey through Wainuiomata in the year 2022. They explore the town and further afield.
2019 footage of a drive starting from Parkway Wainuiomata and arriving at the Coast Road in the year 2019.
Looking at Wainuiomata’s rich history and culture. Includes interviews of people who have settled in Wainuiomata from diverse backgrounds.
Wainuiomata Primary School (circa 1987), a state school, resides in Homedale, the oldest suburb in Wainuiomata.
A memory around 1972 of 'Northbrook' house in Wainuiomata which was originally inhabited by the Wood family.
Images and memories capturing the essence of the Wainuiomata Waterworks as shared by the Reidy Family, and conveyed by...
A timeline taken from the same lookout near the car park at the top of the Wainuiomata Hill. Click...
Looking down upon The Village in the year 1946. The outlook encompasses Moores Valley Road, Main Road, and various...
A trout fishing party at Smith's Whare taken in March 1888. It is located located overlooking the Wainuiomata River.
1880s view of the site where Richard Prouse Park in Wainuiomata is located. This view shows a number...
Looking towards the west along Moore's Valley Road (in the foreground) and the Wainuiomata River, where the Main Road...
Originally built in 1867 by John Mowlem, the property transitioned to brothers-in-law Duncan and John Sinclair.
Collis House, built in the early 1860s, is named after the Collis family who settled in Wainuiomata. The house...
Thomas Scholes (1839–1923) was a 19th-century settler along Coast Road, where his house still stands at 103 Coast Road....
The old homestead, Willow Bank, Wainuiomata was built in 1862. Willow Bank was on the west bank of the...
Constructed in the early 1860s, Sinclair House was the home of Isabella Sinclair (1803 – 1882). Subsequently renamed Dyers...
The story of Moness begins with Hugh Sinclair's arrival in New Zealand in 1839. About nine years later,...
WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
Located in Wainuiomata Primary School, it is open 2pm-4pm every Sunday. Learn more →.