A light twin-engine aircraft carrying two or three persons crashed on Orongorongo Station, south of Wainuiomata last night.
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.
The Press 09 Dec 1982
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper / 0Mr Arnold Heine, says a school outing that ended with 10 children lost in Wellington's Wainuiomata bush was "completely...
The Press 23 Feb 1970
David Johnson / / / History, News, Artefacts, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0Parts of a wartime Kittyhawk fighter which crashed in the Orongorongo Ranges near Wainuiomata 27 years ago were salvaged...
Evening Post 17 Dec 1963
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0A further test made of the Wainuiomata water supply, which a week ago was found to contain water fleas...
Evening Post 21 Mar 1960
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Residents of Sunny Grove, Wainuiomata, face severe daytime water shortages as a new reservoir nears completion.
The Press 23 Aug 1958
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Streets / 0To the above company used in the construction of the Wainuiomata Hill job (now completed):£25,000, worth £25,000.
Evening Post, 16 October 1957
David Johnson / / / History, News, Army, Newspaper / 0Lower Hutt Junior Chamber of Commerce members are in for an early start dismantling an Army hut behind the...
Evening Post, 24 November 1956
David Johnson / / / History, News, Army, Newspaper / 0WAINUIOMATA: For sale, elevated section with bach, containing b.s.r., 16 x 9, open fireplace, kitchen, and bathroom.
A party of United States marines took a heavy six-wheeled truck five miles up the bed of a creek...
Evening Post 05 Jun 1943
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0That Sergeant Pilot Thomas Victor Marchant died from injuries suffered in a crash at Wainui-o-mata on May 1.
Wanganui Chronicle 05 May 1943
David Johnson / / / History, News, Crash Reports, Deaths, Kittyhawk, Newspaper / 0Sergeant Thomas Victor Marchant, P-.N.Z.A.F. lost his life on Saturday afternoon. when the aircraft in which he was the sole occupant...
Dominion 25 Nov 1940
David Johnson / / / History, News, Housing, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
Evening Post 08 Feb 1935
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Early residents of Wellington drew their supply of drinking water from wells, springs, and running water, or from tanks...
Evening Post 14 Aug 1929
David Johnson / / / History, News, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Waterworks / 0Wellington’s 1930s water plan compares future supply options from Wainui, Orongorongo, Whakatikei, Akatarawa, and the Hutt River.
Evening Post 12 Jun 1928
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0During the day Burns followed his dog down a gully after a goat, which he secured. When he came...
Dominion 23 May 1928
David Johnson / / / History, News, Hunting, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0One of the regulations states that a trapper may not set up a camp within the watershed of either...
Evening Post 27 Jan 1928
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Tunnel, Railway / 0On the Orongorongo side, there are very flourishing glow-worm colonies all the way through the hill but can be...
Dominion 14 Jul 1926
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0The proposal was that the water from the intake at Orongorongo should flow by direct main into the lower...
New Zealand Herald 13 Jul 1926
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Pipeline, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0With the exception of three short lengths, the new steel pipeline from the municipal reservoir at Wainuiomata is now...
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