The increase in the number of deer in the Wainui sanctuary was such that the undergrowth of the native...
Wainuiomata: News (Page 6)
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 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...
Authority has been given by the City Council for the purchase of 153½ acres of land at Wainui-o-mata for...
The party is now being moved to complete the survey of the Wainuiomata route, work on which was suspended...
Three camps are installed here. The surveyors, numbering three men; the council camp of 21 workers doing the outside...
Boring operations have been commenced and preparations are being made for the establishment of a permanent camp for the...
The gang has now returned to the main camp at the tunnel mouth on the Wainui side of the...
At the top of a gully two miles from the Morton Dam at Wainui-o-mata, eight huts, besides a kitchen...
The progress being made with the tunnel boring contract at Wainui-o-mata, by means of which the city's water supply...
(Mr. W. H. Morton), the town clerk (Mr. J. R. Palmer), and Press representatives, visited the works on the...
The tunnel, which is being constructed on the co-operative system by a gang of eight men under Mr. Robert...
The progress being made with the tunnel boring contract at Wainui-o-mata, by means of which the city's water supply...
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