The Wainuiomata water race is a two kilometre long concrete tunnel / closed race built in the early 1880s to carry drinking water from the upper Wainuiomata Valley to the Wellington water supply system. Using gravity to move water through the hillside, it joined a 30 inch pipe that continued toward Wellington.
A beech forest sits atop a spur descending towards a creek within the lowland broadleaf forest below. Broadleaf forest...
Wainuiomata has a rugged, windswept coastline with grey sand and wild coastal conditions. Pictured is the mouth of the...
Looking at hills covered in native bush in one the largest areas of lowland native forests in the lower...
View of a giant tree in Wainuiomata in an area that was never logged. While the most of the...
A cold and misty winter’s day at Richard Prouse Park in Wainuiomata. You can see goals in the pitches...
Ultimate Pool is further up Wainuiomata River from Top Pool. Access is gained via Reservoir Road or Gums Loop...
Looking at a shed that housed a machine that aided in supplying water to the Wellington region. Today this...
The Wainuiomata River, viewed from the Great Loop Walk beneath the shadow of Para Hill, near the Wainuiomata coast.
