Maintenance Road (Upper Road), an unsealed road / firebreak, originally provided access to the old pipeline that once distributed water from the original dam. Though the road is still intact today, it is closed to the public, with a large locked gate preventing access for vehicles and pedestrians. The image above shows the road branching off Reservoir Road near the old dam. From here, the road runs parallel to Reservoir Road but higher up the hill, then eventually turns in a hairpin and climbs up to the top of the hill and heads along the ridge between Reservoir Valley and Moores Valley in the direction of Whitemans Valley. At one time, it also connected to Whitcher Grove off Moores Valley Road, but that section has since been abandoned and is now hidden within regenerating bush. Some refer to this stretch as Maintenance Track.
The History of Maintenance Road
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Hine Road Recreation Area in 1989
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Pictured is Hine Road Recreation Area in 1989. You can clearly see the old maintenance road above Reservoir Road.
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Evening Post 10 Jan 1883
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Purchasers of prize cattle, sheep, and horses should attend the sale in the estate of Messrs J. & D....
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Small Weir in George Creek
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Two weirs in the Wainuiomata River have replaced Morton Dam in Wainuiomata. The image shows the smaller of the...
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Sinclair Cemetery History
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Sinclair Cemetery serves as the final resting place for one of Wainuiomata's pioneer families. It was commemorated with a...
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Bridge on Whakanui Track
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This small foot bridge is located on the Whakanui Track where it crosses Skerretts Creek above Sunny Grove.
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Memories from the Sinclair Cemetery Site
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As a kid growing up in Sunny Grove in the 1960s and 70s, I often played in Sinclair Cemetery...
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Wellington Independent 06 May 1872
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Tenders will be received by the undersigned for the carriage of say one hundred thousand feet of timber from...
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V12 Allison Motor from Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk
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Looking at a V12 Allison Motor from a Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk that crashed in the Wainuiomata hills in 1943.
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