the waireka-livingston railway. - The official report of the suggested routes for this line shows that the difficulties of constructing the line are very small from an engineering point of view—if they can be termed difficulties at all—inasmuch as a great part of the line is level, and where grades occur the average is 1 in 100, or easier.

Title Waireka Main Body. From 'Fighting begins', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/taranaki-wars/fighting-march-june-1860, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Nov-2019. The Battle of Waireka was the first significant encounter of the Taranaki War.

2005年6月13日 · But the Battle of Waireka tale is a little confused - just who were the enemy? Te Ātiawa had been driven off their land after the Waikato invasion in 1831. Now they had returned – much to the angst of the local settlers who wanted the fertile land for farms.

2024年6月8日 · Construction Workers: Involved in building new railway lines, tunnels, bridges, and stations. This was tough, manual labor, often in remote and rugged areas. Track Maintenance Workers: Responsible for maintaining and repairing existing tracks to ensure safe and efficient train operations. Engine Drivers and Firemen: Operated steam locomotives ...

In March 1860 war broke out between Europeans and Māori in Taranaki following a dispute over the sale of land at Waitara. It was the beginning of a series of conflicts that would dog Taranaki for 21 years, claiming the lives of hundreds of people and leaving deep scars that persist to the present day. Read the full article.

In June 1870, Vogel unveiled the most ambitious public works and assisted-immigration programme in New Zealand’s. Julius Vogel wasn’t the first colonial politician to promise to fund …

Buildings and structures other than main homesteads include woolsheds, manager's houses, a meat freezing factory (Belfast), the Port Robinson slipway, stock yards, worker's whares, ferret houses, and Glenmark Station's extensive lakes and water features.

Staff of Oamaru Railway, 1890. Taken at north end of old station. Alex Frame and his mates. J. Booker, Eccles, G. Broad, S. Sutherland, G. Frame, B Leishman.

One road led to Earl’s Hill, and to the Waikino village past the Victoria Hall, another to the vicinity of the Waikino Railway Station, the third to Chappel’s Crossing, a ford which is still in use. A traffic bridge was built across the Waitekauri River here in the late eighties, this then being the main route from Waitekauri to Waihi.

Oamaru railway station staff, 1884. On right old concrete water wells used to before town supply laid (1880) Staff in photo from left: James Old, Charlie Wright (ganger), George Wright (leaning on trolley), F Hawkins (I.P.W.), Tom Addican and Tom Eccles.