The Committee recommended that Messrs Sinclair be paid £8 per acre for the land taken for the Wainuiomata reservoir...
Wainuiomata: News
Wainuiomata news spanning from today back to the 1860s provides a comprehensive record of the valley’s history, tracing its journey from early settlement to its modern identity.
This news archive covers a wide range of topics including stories around the people who shaped Wainuiomata, from early pioneers and engineering workers, to community leaders.
Evening Post 23 Jun 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0The committee considered the amount of compensation to be given to Messrs J. and E. Sinclair for the land...
Evening Post 06 Apr 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Logging, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tramways, Waterworks / 0The Clerk was instructed to write to Messrs Sinclair, Wainuiomata, to fill up the roadway to the level of...
New Zealand Mail 24 Mar 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tramways, Waterworks / 0The Committee recommended that Messrs Sinclair be paid £8 per acre for the land taken for the Wainuiomata reservoir...
Evening Post 04 Mar 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Oakes, Sinclair, Tramways, Tunnels, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The party were transferred into a truck, which, drawn by a single horse, conveyed them along a tramway nearly...
Evening Post 29 Dec 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crime, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0From Constable Mackay, the officer in charge of the Lower Hutt station, Mr Superintendent Shearman received a telegram,
Evening Post 07 Sep 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The contractor who took the contract for the Wainui-o-mata tunnel at 12s 6d per foot sub-let it at 22s...
Evening Post 24 Aug 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0Had to return to port owing to damage caused to ship and cargo by the shifting of the large...
New Zealand Times 16 Aug 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Dams, Long Tunnel, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Oakes, Pipeline, Sinclair, Water Race, Waterworks / 0A visit of inspection to the Wainuiomata Valley waterworks, now in course of progress by the City Corporation, was...
Evening Post 23 Jul 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Newspaper, Oakes, Sinclair, Water Race, Waterworks / 0The following tenders were received by the City Council for the construction of the Wainuiomata water-race:- Brown and Farrell...
Evening Post 01 Jul 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Oakes, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Wanted, at once, 50 first-class Pick and Shovel Hands. Apply at the Wainui-o-mata Tunnel, or W. F. Oakes, Lower...
Evening Post 23 Jun 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Tenders will be received at the office of the undersigned up to 4 p.m. of Thursday, 30th instant –...
Evening Post 16 Jun 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0The plaintiff sought to recover £6 10s 10d, balance of wages alleged to be due at the rate of...
Evening Post 03 Jun 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The clause recommending the lining of the Wainui-o-mata tunnel, the City Surveyor said the extra cost thus involved would...
Evening Post 04 May 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tramways, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0A short time ago a portion of the large tunnel in connection with the Wainui-o-mata waterworks caved in and...
Evening Post 15 Mar 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Oakes, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0The following tenders have been received by the Corporation:- Laying 30-inch water-mains in the Wainui Valley.
Evening Post 20 Apr 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0Mr R. J. Duncan has received instructions to sell by public auction, on Saturday next, at Mr Cudby’s Family...
Evening Post 04 Mar 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Laying 30- inch water mains between Black Creek and the Long Tunnel (about 140 chains) in the Wainui-o-mata Valley.
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