The Wainuiomata police yesterday made a breakthrough in their search for dental records to identify positively a pilot killed.
Wainuiomata: Newspaper
Newspaper Articles about Wainuiomata
A growing collection of searchable newspaper articles about the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata. These articles span nearly 150 years of news, dating from as far back as 1866 to the present day.
Many of these older news articles, cover the story of the lower dam’s construction and flooding events over the decades. These particular articles are also available in a single document from the Wainuiomata Historical Museum Society in PDF format.
The Press 20 Mar 1987
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0The body of a man killed in a light plane crash near Wellington last month has still not been formally identified.
The Press 06 Feb 1987
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0A light twin-engine aircraft carrying two or three persons crashed on Orongorongo Station, south of Wainuiomata last night.
The Press 09 Dec 1982
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper / 0Mr Arnold Heine, says a school outing that ended with 10 children lost in Wellington's Wainuiomata bush was "completely...
The Press 23 Feb 1970
David Johnson / / / History, News, Artefacts, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0Parts of a wartime Kittyhawk fighter which crashed in the Orongorongo Ranges near Wainuiomata 27 years ago were salvaged...
The Press 23 Aug 1958
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Streets / 0To the above company used in the construction of the Wainuiomata Hill job (now completed):£25,000, worth £25,000.
Evening Post 05 Jun 1943
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0That Sergeant Pilot Thomas Victor Marchant died from injuries suffered in a crash at Wainui-o-mata on May 1.
Wanganui Chronicle 05 May 1943
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0Sergeant Thomas Victor Marchant, P-.N.Z.A.F. lost his life on Saturday afternoon. when the aircraft in which he was the sole occupant...
Dominion 25 Nov 1940
David Johnson / / / History, News, Housing, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
Evening Post 08 Feb 1935
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Early residents of Wellington drew their supply of drinking water from wells, springs, and running water, or from tanks...
Evening Post 14 Aug 1929
David Johnson / / / History, News, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Waterworks / 0Wellington’s 1930s water plan compares future supply options from Wainui, Orongorongo, Whakatikei, Akatarawa, and the Hutt River.
Evening Post 12 Jun 1928
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0During the day Burns followed his dog down a gully after a goat, which he secured. When he came...
Dominion 23 May 1928
David Johnson / / / History, News, Hunting, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0One of the regulations states that a trapper may not set up a camp within the watershed of either...
Evening Post 27 Jan 1928
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Railway / 0On the Orongorongo side, there are very flourishing glow-worm colonies all the way through the hill but can be...
Dominion 14 Jul 1926
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0The proposal was that the water from the intake at Orongorongo should flow by direct main into the lower...
New Zealand Herald 13 Jul 1926
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0With the exception of three short lengths, the new steel pipeline from the municipal reservoir at Wainuiomata is now...
Dominion 06 Jul 1925
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Proposed Dam, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0This elevation anticipates the future Morton programme, which includes constructing another dam a mile downstream from the Wainui dam.
The death occurred of Mr John Sinclair, at the age of eighty-one years. Deceased was born in Wellington and...
New Zealand Times 06 Jun 1925
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Semple’s Camp, Waterworks / 0From this point the pipe-line will be carried on along the flat past Semple’s camp to a spot about 15...
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