The progress being made with the tunnel boring contract at Wainui-o-mata, by means of which the city's water supply...
Wainuiomata: News
Wainuiomata news spanning from today back to the 1860s, covering topics as wide ranging as regional parks, reserves, tracks, waterworks, industry, and notable people.
Dominion 08 Sep 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Railway, Waterworks / 0What I suggest to the City Council is this: that Mr Morton does not put in the proposed third...
Evening Post 29 Aug 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Railway, Waterworks / 0Any railway line in connection with any proposed deviation of the Wairarapa line should not pass over the council...
Evening Post 24 Aug 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Four men were charged at the Lower Hutt Court with taking indigenous birds, to wit, 27 pigeons and 1...
Evening Post 10 May 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Orongorongo Catchment, Waterworks / 0Briefly, Mr. Phillips' old proposal was first to throw the Orongorongo supply into the Wainui Reservoir (which is about...
Evening Post 20 Jan 1919
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0This afternoon members of the French Mission are the guests of the Mayor and the City Council on a...
Evening Post 12 Jun 1918
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0With the acquisition of another 25 acres of land, the securing of the whole of the Wainui-o-mata watershed will...
Evening Post 20 Apr 1917
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0An offer, in terms of the value submitted by the City Valuer, is to be made for the settlement...
Evening Post 28 Jan 1916
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0An exchange of land in the Wainui-o-mata water catchment area is to be effected by the City Council in...
Dominion 18 Feb 1915
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Lower Dam, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0The proposal was that the water from the intake at Orongorongo should flow by direct main into the lower...
New Zealand Times 22 Aug 1913
David Johnson / / / History, News, Glenhill, Newspaper, Sanitorium / 0To the proposed demolition of the insanitary buildings at Wainui-o-mata, where eight cases of diphtheria were reported last year.
Dominion 22 Aug 1913
David Johnson / / / History, News, Glenhill, Newspaper, Proposed Dam, Sanitorium / 0"That, in reference to the proposed demolition of the insanitary buildings at Wainui-o-mata, where eight cases of diphtheria were...
Evening Post 18 Nov 1911
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The last batch of concrete was placed on the crest of the Solomon's Knob dam yesterday. The contractors are...
New Zealand Times 14 Nov 1911
David Johnson / / / History, News, Dams, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Rechristened the “Morton Dam” in recognition of the city engineer, under whose guidance the work has been carried out.
Evening Post 10 Nov 1911
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The City Councillors’ visit of inspection to the Solomon’s Knob dam was postponed yesterday owing to the boisterous weather.
City councillors will pay a visit of inspection to the newly constructed Solomon’s Knob reservoir at Wainuiomata tomorrow.
The Otago Daily Times 07 Nov 1911
David Johnson / / / History, News, Morton Dam, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The completion of the Wainui-o-mata dam formed the subject of congratulation to the Wellington City Engineer, Mr Morton.
Evening Post 18 Oct 1911
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The Solomon’s Knob dam at Wainui-o-mata has been practically completed by the contractors. The scours have been shut down.
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