The committee considered the amount of compensation to be given to Messrs J. and E. Sinclair for the land...
Wainuiomata: History
Articles exploring the history of Wainuiomata, dating back to the 1860s
Documenting the fascinating history of Wainuiomata with an ever growing collection of articles. Includes posts about the origins and pioneering period of Wainuiomata to historical sites and artefacts. Each article is dated, but the date represents the subject and not the date when the article was written. For example, when an article primarily focuses on a photograph captured in 1840 or discusses topics related to that specific year, the article will be time stamped with that year.
This approach provides readers with an experience, allowing them to traverse through history in chronological order and gain a precise understanding of how historical events and elements are situated within the broader timeline of Wainuiomata’s history. Nonetheless, when an article covers a lengthy period concerning its main subject, it will be time stamped based on the featured image, most recent image, or the date of the main subject.
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Historical Articles
The Clerk was instructed to write to Messrs Sinclair, Wainuiomata, to fill up the roadway to the level of...
The destruction of a large number of fish in the Wainuiomata last week has illustrated this issue in a...
The Committee recommended that Messrs Sinclair be paid £8 per acre for the land taken for the Wainuiomata reservoir...
This well and tunnel in Wainuiomata was built during the 1880s. It is concealed from public view today, due...
The party were transferred into a truck, which, drawn by a single horse, conveyed them along a tramway nearly...
From Constable Mackay, the officer in charge of the Lower Hutt station, Mr Superintendent Shearman received a telegram,
The contractor who took the contract for the Wainui-o-mata tunnel at 12s 6d per foot sub-let it at 22s...
Had to return to port owing to damage caused to ship and cargo by the shifting of the large...
A visit of inspection to the Wainuiomata Valley waterworks, now in course of progress by the City Corporation, was...
The following tenders were received by the City Council for the construction of the Wainuiomata water-race:- Brown and Farrell...
Wanted, at once, 50 first-class Pick and Shovel Hands. Apply at the Wainui-o-mata Tunnel, or W. F. Oakes, Lower...
Tenders will be received at the office of the undersigned up to 4 p.m. of Thursday, 30th instant –...
The plaintiff sought to recover £6 10s 10d, balance of wages alleged to be due at the rate of...
The clause recommending the lining of the Wainui-o-mata tunnel, the City Surveyor said the extra cost thus involved would...
Tenders will be received till noon on Saturday the 14th inst., for the formation of 26 chains of Tram...
A short time ago a portion of the large tunnel in connection with the Wainui-o-mata waterworks caved in and...
This view of Homedale, likely taken from The Rock on Moores Valley Road, captures the old Wainuiomata School.
The following tenders have been received by the Corporation:- Laying 30-inch water-mains in the Wainui Valley.
Mr R. J. Duncan has received instructions to sell by public auction, on Saturday next, at Mr Cudby’s Family...
WAINUIOMATA TOURS
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WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
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