Poole Crescent connects to both Homedale Road and Hine Road, with a reserve situated behind. The street was named...
Wainuiomata: Photos
Photos of the Wainuiomata timeline starting with the most recent date.
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 unless otherwise specified.
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Looking down upon The Village in the year 1946. The outlook encompasses Moores Valley Road, Main Road, and various...
Hine Road, nestled in the heart of Homedale in Wainuiomata, extends from Main Road and culminates at Hine Road...
Aerial view of Homedale (circa 1945) showing some interesting features. Inc: old school buildings and Main Road Bridge.
An aerial photograph taken in 1942 Moores Valley and Reservoir Valley, extending up to the old dam. Both valleys...
In the past, Skerretts Creek used to wind through both sides of the Sunny Grove valley. However, the creek...
View of The Village, circa 1941. The Wainuiomata Transport building to the right, was known as Claude's shop.
A bus fills up at the only petrol pump in Wainuiomata in 1941, located at Claude Williams' shop, which...
Circa 1941, looking towards Wainuiomata Primary School on what was then known as Wainuiomata Road (now Main Road).
A 1941 aerial photograph of Reservoir Valley, taken before Hine Road was established. The image captures huts that once...
This aerial photograph of Homedale in Wainuiomata taken on 16 of January 1941 shows a number of interesting features.
Homedale Road is named after Homedale, the oldest area in Wainuiomata. The name signifies a house located in a...
Photo of Homedale taken in 1940, showing the school block surrounded by farmland. Substantial housing started in the 1950s.
Aerial view of Homedale (circa 1940) showing some interesting features. It show:The School block when it was farmland;
Lower Dam in Wainuiomata or the original dam as it was also known was drained in 1939 for maintenance....
Photo of Fitzherbert Road and Wainuiomata Roads (circa 1939) taken by the Wainui-o-mata Development Ltd; Todd, Harry Jackson (1918-1993).
Pictured is Dick Wootton, a woodcutter and post splitter from Orongorongo Station. He's working on a 2-meter diameter Totara...
Aerial view of Morton Dam in the year 1924. You can see the spillway, tower with gantry, and reservoir...
Looking at the Morton Dam spillway in action in the year 1924. Morton Dam was once the main source...
View of the Orongorongo River Tunnel Pipeline around the year 1924. To the right you can see a jigger.
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