The Faulkes subdivision, Wainui-o-mata Road, Peel Place and Wood Street, Wainui-o-mata : 31 choice sections. H. Ernest Leighton &...
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.
A timeline taken from the same lookout near the car park at the top of the Wainuiomata Hill. Click...
Hair Street branches off Moores Valley Road near The Village. Despite its proximity to shops, the street feels secluded.
Poole Crescent connects to both Homedale Road and Hine Road, with a reserve situated behind. The street was named...
Looking down upon The Village in the year 1946. The outlook encompasses Moores Valley Road, Main Road, and various...
View of Homedale in 1945. Housing development had just begun, with several older farmhouses still visible.
Hine Road, nestled in the heart of Homedale in Wainuiomata, extends from Main Road and culminates at Hine Road...
A bus fills up at the only petrol pump in Wainuiomata in 1941, located at Claude Williams' shop, which...
Circa 1941, looking towards Wainuiomata Primary School on what was then known as Wainuiomata Road (now Main Road).
The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
St Albans House, located on Coast Road in Wainuiomata, was built in the late 1920s for Maurice James Burdan...
1928 locality plan for Wainuiomata from Graham. P. H (town planner / architect) of the Wainui-o-mata Development Ltd.
The caretaker’s house in the Orongorongo Valley was built around 1922 to 1923 during construction of the Orongorongo water...
The Jansen Home on Fitzherbert Road, circa 1908. The Jansen family, of Scandinavian origin, arrived in Wellington under the...
Wainuiomata Primary School (circa 1987), a state school, resides in Homedale, the oldest suburb in Wainuiomata.
1880s view of the site where Richard Prouse Park in Wainuiomata is located. This view shows a number...
This view of Homedale, likely taken from The Rock on Moores Valley Road, captures the old Wainuiomata School.
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.
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WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
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