This elevation anticipates the future Morton programme, which includes constructing another dam a mile downstream from the Wainui dam.
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 death occurred of Mr John Sinclair, at the age of eighty-one years. Deceased was born in Wellington and...
From this point the pipe-line will be carried on along the flat past Semple’s camp to a spot about 15...
The proposal to bring water from the Orongorongo did not originate with Mr Morton. It was brought forward by...
In the early days, said Mr. Morice, the sources of water supply were springs, streams, wells, and roofs of...
The first load of pipes for the Orongorongo water main were discovered on the bush track leading from the...
A large party of friends accompanied members of the club to the Wainui Reservoir, where a most enjoyable day...
There is a Venturi meter at the intake on the large main at Wainui-o-mata, and for the new Orongorongo...
The City Council last evening granted authority for the purchase a Venturi water meter for the Orongorongo-Karori main.
Proposals made by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society for thinning out deer at the Wainui-o-mata waterworks reserve.
The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
From the day power was supplied on the Wainui side, the time occupied in making the 7 ft. square...
Early on Tuesday morning the tunnellers working on the Orongorongo side heard, for the first time, shots fired on...
Mr Morton conceived the idea of converting the whole of the valley below the two existing dams into a...
Several complaints have been made about the possibility of drainage from the tunnelling camp at Wainui polluting the Wellington...
On the Wainui side there is ample level ground for a camp site, but the Orongorongo has carved out...
The erection on the western side of the path which leads on to the Morton Dam of a new...
The supervising engineer, mention Easter as the outside date, by which everything will be ready so far as the...
At Wainui-o-mata both reservoirs are practically full, but they are no longer overflowing, and the ground in the catchment...
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