Reservoir Road, a private route for waterworks and council staff, doubles as the Lower Dam Walk on the Gums...
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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Maintenance Road, an unsealed road originally provided access to the old pipeline that once distributed water from the dam.
In 1883, the Wainuiomata dam sustained significant damage due to flooding, prompting an inspection by members of the Wellington...
1880s view of the site where Richard Prouse Park in Wainuiomata is located. This view shows a number...
Looking towards the west along Moore's Valley Road (in the foreground) and the Wainuiomata River, where the Main Road...
The fenced Sinclair Cemetery stands out in this photo with its perimeter of trees. At 5-7 Sunny Grove you...
This view captures a fenced-off Hine Road Recreation Area in the 1870s or 1880s. In that era, the reserve...
The old dam known as the lower dam including this spillway was constructed in the 1880s and was decommissioned...
Water from rivers in Wainuiomata are directed into a water treatment plant, then distributed through a pipeline.
1880s view of Wood Farm in Upper Moores Valley in Wainuiomata. The land has been logged making way for...
W.F. Oakes was a notable contractor in the late 19th century, recognised for his contributions to infrastructure projects in...
Originally built in 1867 by John Mowlem, the property transitioned to brothers-in-law Duncan and John Sinclair.
In 1867, John McIlvride, the postmaster, is believed to have constructed the Wainui-O-Mata school masters house.
Collis House, built in the early 1860s, is named after the Collis family who settled in Wainuiomata. The house...
Thomas Scholes (1839–1923) constructed this cottage around 1865 on Coast Road, and it remains standing at 103 Coast Road...
The old homestead, Willow Bank, Wainuiomata was built in 1862. Willow Bank was on the west bank of the...
Constructed in the early 1860s, Sinclair House was the home of Isabella Sinclair (1803 – 1882). Subsequently renamed Dyers...
Coast Road in Wainuiomata, connects suburbia (Homedale) to the rugged southern coastline of the North Island.
Fitzherbert Road, originally known as Swamp Road before 1959, extended to the base of the hills leading to Naenae...
WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
Located in Wainuiomata Primary School, it is open 2pm-4pm every Sunday. Learn more →.