Video taken inside the Orongorongo Tunnel and exiting on the return leg. Constructed during the 1920s, this tunnel remains...
Wainuiomata: Orongorongo Catchment
The caretaker’s house in the Orongorongo Valley served Wellington’s early water supply system and remained in use until the...
Wellington’s 1930s water plan compares future supply options from Wainui, Orongorongo, Whakatikei, Akatarawa, and the Hutt River.
In the early days, said Mr. Morice, the sources of water supply were springs, streams, wells, and roofs of...
Mr Morton conceived the idea of converting the whole of the valley below the two existing dams into a...
The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
The supervising engineer, mention Easter as the outside date, by which everything will be ready so far as the...
George Creek Road was built in 1922. It runs from Morton Dam to the Wainuiomata entrance of the Ōrongorongo...
This hidden site in Wainuiomata is believed to have housed a power generator used during the construction of the...
What I suggest to the City Council is this: that Mr Morton does not put in the proposed third...
Briefly, Mr. Phillips' old proposal was first to throw the Orongorongo supply into the Wainui Reservoir (which is about...
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