I walked through the Hair Stream Storm Water Pipe under The Village and captured photographs along the way.
Wainuiomata: Memoirs
Memories, though often fleeting and unreliable, serve as vital links to the past, preserving pieces of history that might otherwise be lost. In many cases, they are all that remain to keep certain aspects of Wainuiomata’s rich heritage alive.
Read about my first bush bash adventure. Bush bashing is what is sounds like, but without damaging trees. I...
Wainuiomata Primary School (circa 1987), a state school, resides in Homedale, the oldest suburb in Wainuiomata.
The aerial image of Wainuiomata in 1974 is similar to the layout today. But the hills are crisscrossed with...
As a kid growing up in Sunny Grove in the 1960s and 70s, I often played in Sinclair Cemetery...
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...
View the two abandoned concrete water tanks. They were fed by two water intakes from Skerretts Creek. They were built...
WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
Located in Wainuiomata Primary School, it is open 2pm-4pm every Sunday. Learn more →.