The Concrete Race, also known as the Water Race, is a buried tunnel that once carried clean river water from an old dam to a pipeline about two kilometres away. It is hidden within native bush and is now mostly underground, though a few short exposed sections are known to a few. The race was decommissioned in 1902 after newer intakes and treatment facilities were built, but it remains an important example of early water engineering in the Wellington region.
View of a giant tree in Wainuiomata in an area that was never logged. While the most of the...
The Richard Prouse Park Tunnel (once known as Colemans Tunnel) was constructed between 1881 and 1882. It is situated...
Looking at an almost inaccessible part of the Wainuiomata River. There are no tracks leading here, but you gain...
The O-K Main in Wainuiomata, also known as the Orongorongo Pipeline, carried water from the Orongorongo Catchment to Karori,...
Hidden in the Wainuiomata bushline, this old meter hut once housed equipment used to measure water flow through the...
A view of the rugged coastline and native vegetation on the southern North Island, specifically in Wainuiomata. This section...
Looking at Wainuiomata River within Wainuiomata Regional Park. Also in view is the Remutaka mountain range.
The Nikau Creek Track is a short 30 minute walk that takes you through the podocarp rainforest found in...
