The North Island Main Trunk railway between Mangaweka and Utiku originally followed a tortuous route along narrow benches some 100 …
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Wrights Hill Fortress in Wellington was one of three long range coastal batteries built in New Zealand during World War …
The Tauranga Valley Bridge, also known as the Tauranga Track Bridge, is one of only two remaining early New Zealand …
Established in 1885, the Thames School of Mines survived until 1954. In its heyday, this was the largest mining school …
The Waihopai concrete arch dam rises 33 metres (m) above the riverbed on the Waihopai River and created head for …
It’s difficult to establish when many freezing works were built, because they previously existed as abattoirs, canning works, or the …
New Zealand’s first School of Engineering was founded in 1887 by Canterbury College, with the first laboratory building opened in …
Queens Wharf – named in honour of Queen Victoria – was Wellington’s first public wharf and an important part of …
Cosseys Creek Dam, completed in 1955, was the first of a series of rolled earth water supply dams in Auckland's …
Water supply from Auckland's Hunua Ranges has been important to the growth of New Zealand's largest city since the mid-20th …
Mangatangi Dam, constructed between 1972 and 1977, was the last of a series of rolled earth water supply dams to …
Kauri trees (Agathis australis) are unique to New Zealand and have grown here for more than 150 million years. Kauri …
The Wellington Harbour Board’s hydraulic power system was important to the operations of this significant New Zealand port from the …
Ferrymead Heritage Park’s origins date from 1963 when Christchurch railway and tramway preservation organisations encouraged the Heathcote County Council to …
At this tramway system’s peak, the South Island city of Christchurch had New Zealand’s most extensive electric street tramway. In …
