Supplejack, also known as kareao, is a native climbing plant often seen winding its way through New Zealand forests.
Wainuiomata: Photos
Photographic timeline of Wainuiomata
Documenting Wainuiomata with an ever growing collection of photos. This includes locations such as the town centre, suburbs, landscapes, coastline, rivers, and reserves.
Photo articles are dated by the age of the main photo or the main subject rather than when the article was written. This places the photos in a timeline. Some photos date back to the 1800s. We either have permission to show these old photos or they have no copyright. Modern photos on the site were taken by David Johnson of Wainuiomata.Net unless otherwise specified.
Along the creek are three main waterfalls commonly referred to as the Lower, Middle, and Upper Falls, along with...
Ngaturi Park below Coast Road, sits within the lower Wainuiomata Valley and features wide open sports fields.
Scholes Creek Waterfall is located on Scholes Creek and can traditionally be reached via the Scholes Creek Track through...
Peter Burgess Lodge Complex at Wainui Camp
David Johnson / / / Photos, Buildings, Camps, Reserves & Parks / 0Peter Burgess Lodge Complex at Camp Wainui is a group accommodation facility in Wainuiomata, offering lodges, dining facilities, and...
Bruce’s Track links with the Mount Crowther Track and Camp Wainui. Although it is a lesser known route, it...
Wainuiomata AFC Women’s Firsts defeated Naenae Football Club Dragonflies 4–1 on Sunday at Richard Prouse Park.
Hine Road in Autumn
David Johnson / / / Photos, Autumn, Streets, Trees / 0Hine Road is best known for its brilliant autumn colours. Each year, the street transforms into a corridor of...
Queen Street Area
David Johnson / / / Photos, Autumn, Streets, Trees / 0Queen Street scene in Autumn shows one of Wainuiomata's main commercial streets as the season begins to change.
Holly Trees in flower
David Johnson / / / Photos, Trees / 0Right now, holly trees in numerous locations in Wainuiomata are emblazoned with red berries, giving the scene a distinctly...
Peter Burgess Lodge Complex at Camp Wainui is a group accommodation facility in Wainuiomata, offering lodges, dining facilities, and...
Whakanui Track Bridge
David Johnson / / / Photos, Bridges, Rivers, Tracks / 0Looking at the Whakanui Track bridge at the start of the track near the top of Sunny Grove in...
Large Rata Tree
David Johnson / / / Photos, Bridges, Rivers, Tracks / 0Large rātā tree visible from the Whakanui Track above Sunny Grove, set among towering native forest giants.
Lush native forest is visible from the Whakanui Track in Wainuiomata as it traverses above Nikau Creek Valley.
O-K Meter Hut
David Johnson / / / History, Photos, Buildings, Waterworks / 0Interior view of the old O-K Venturi Meter Hut (Orongorongo Meter House) located beside the old Maintenance Road,
Kittyhawk Landing Gear
David Johnson / / / Photos, Kittyhawk / 0In the hills behind Sunny Grove lies this piece of Kittyhawk aircraft wreckage from 1943 which is thought to...
Skerretts Gully and Creek
David Johnson / / / Photos, Bush, Rivers / 0Looking across the bush clad slopes of Skerretts Gully and Skerretts Creek above Sunny Grove in Wainuiomata.
This view from the Harry Todd Track in the Harry Todd Recreation Reserve shows Hine Road in the foreground.
Wetland and Old Dam
David Johnson / / / Photos, Lower Dam, Wetlands / 0A view of the wetland area and the historic dam in Wainuiomata. This wetland was formerly the reservoir for...
Cave Weta
David Johnson / / / Photos, Fauna, Water Race / 0View of some cave wētā which inhabit an abandoned 1880s water race, long hidden within the bushline of Wainuiomata.
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