The walls tell stories of the history of the Wainuiomata waterworks. The waterworks has two dams, one decommissioned and a larger one that is still in use. The area also housed a community of workers and their families. Their stories are recorded in this museum.
Looking at Wainuiomata River in autumn in Rotary Park. The park features a grassy pathway that follows Wainuiomata River...
Wainuiomata Road is the sole public road leading into Wainuiomata, winding over the Eastern Hutt Hills into the Wainuiomata...
Looking at Morton Dam in the year 2024, after being decommissioned some 36 years before. It once supplied the...
View of the Wainuiomata Valley as seen from the Remutaka Range, the last mountain range in the North Island.
View of the decommissioned Wainuiomata Lower Dam (named Morton Dam). This dam once supplied water to Wellington along with...
Peering through native forest at the Wainuiomata River below. The hill in the background is a foothill in the...
View of the museum in the Wainuiomata Recreational Area. This house among others originally homed workers at the dam.
This old tree has hosts many different epiphyte species. An epiphyte refers to a plant species that thrives by...
