The progress being made with the tunnel boring contract at Wainui-o-mata, by means of which the city's water supply...
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
In 1921, the construction of weirs on the Orongorongo River and its two smaller tributaries began. Simultaneously, a tunnel...
The sawmill which the late Mr Sinclair ran at Wainui o Mata was one of the first in the...
What I suggest to the City Council is this: that Mr Morton does not put in the proposed third...
Any railway line in connection with any proposed deviation of the Wairarapa line should not pass over the council...
Four men were charged at the Lower Hutt Court with taking indigenous birds, to wit, 27 pigeons and 1...
Briefly, Mr. Phillips' old proposal was first to throw the Orongorongo supply into the Wainui Reservoir (which is about...
This afternoon members of the French Mission are the guests of the Mayor and the City Council on a...
With the acquisition of another 25 acres of land, the securing of the whole of the Wainui-o-mata watershed will...
The Acclimatisation Society proceeded against Henry Gilbert Black and John Charles Dick today for breaches of the Animals Protection...
An offer, in terms of the value submitted by the City Valuer, is to be made for the settlement...
An exchange of land in the Wainui-o-mata water catchment area is to be effected by the City Council in...
A group gathered for a photo at Morton Dam. Among them, the Mayor, Sir John Luke, and Lady Luke...
The proposal was that the water from the intake at Orongorongo should flow by direct main into the lower...
Ōrongorongo Bridge constructed in April 1914 for Eric L. Riddiford of Wainuiomata's pioneering Riddiford family, spans the Ōrongorongo River.
To the proposed demolition of the insanitary buildings at Wainui-o-mata, where eight cases of diphtheria were reported last year.
"That, in reference to the proposed demolition of the insanitary buildings at Wainui-o-mata, where eight cases of diphtheria were...
Since 1912, a swing bridge has spanned the Wainuiomata River near todays Gums Loop Track in Wainuiomata Regional Park.
Mackay Cottage was built around 1912 for Morton Dam workers and was removed in 1980. During the war, Mackay...
The last batch of concrete was placed on the crest of the Solomon's Knob dam yesterday. The contractors are...
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WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
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