This gravel beach ridge marks the shoreline as it was approximately 2,300 years ago. Beyond this, there are two additional gravel beach ridges: one representing the shoreline prior to the 8.2 magnitude earthquake in 1855, and the other being the current coastline visible in the distance which has been there since the 1855 earthquake.
The old dam known as the lower dam including this spillway was constructed in the 1880s and was decommissioned...
Typical view of the hills in Reservoir Valley with a field of toetoe in the foreground. Wainuiomata River runs...
View of Wainuiomata Valley as seen from the summit of Wainuiomata Hill circa 1960. The suburb of Parkway and...
Nikau Creek Terrace is a plateau located on the opposite bank of Nikau Creek, running parallel to Nikau Creek...
A concrete wall aligns part of the Wainuiomata River in Reservoir Valley. Situated on the northern side with Reservoir...
William Hobbard Morton (1866–1923) was Wellington’s Chief Engineer, overseeing key infrastructure projects, including the Morton Dam.
Looking towards the west along Moore's Valley Road (in the foreground) and the Wainuiomata River, where the Main Road...
Photo of the Old Dam in 2022. The reservoir was once thirty feet deep but was largely filled when...
