Gums Loop Swamp is a wetlands located near Gums Loop Meadow. This wetland is basically hidden away as it...
Wainuiomata: Wetlands
Photo of the Old Dam in 2022. The reservoir was once thirty feet deep but was largely filled when...
Looking at a wetlands area located behind the old dam. When the dam was decommissioned, the area became an...
Pre-settlements and a huge earthquake in 1855, much of the valley floor in Wainuiomata was wetlands or swamp.
In 2007, the area behind the lower dam was reverted to a wetlands. This was the habitat before construction...
Built from 1908 to 1911, the Morton Dam in the Wainuiomata River catchment was named after William Hobbard Morton.
Postcards featuring this picturesque view of the spillway date back to 1905. They were widely circulated, along with other...
WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
Located in Wainuiomata Primary School. It is open 2pm-4pm every Sunday. Learn more →.