This building was constructed in 1964. It was part of the Wainuiomata Waterworks that supplied Wellington city with water. Water for Wellington is now drawn elsewhere and many such buildings are no longer in use. The waterworks still supplies around a fifth of Wellington’s water however.
This bird’s-eye perspective of Wainuiomata illustrates how the suburb resides within its unique valley, distinct from the broader Hutt...
Old pumping station which has been inundated by native forest growth. The station housed a water flow meter system...
Looking at the upper reaches of the Wainuiomata River at the foothills of the Remutaka range. Access to here...
What was once called The Meadow is now Hine Road Recreation Area, a grassy area that sits alongside Wainuiomata...
View of the museum in the Wainuiomata Recreational Area. This house among others originally homed workers at the dam.
Young kahikatea trees forming a canopy inside a regenerating podocarp rainforest in Wainuiomata Regional Park. These trees can reach...
View of the Wainuiomata River as seen from the Coast Road in Wainuiomata. The surrounding landscape here is parched...
This underground shaft in Wainuiomata was originally constructed in the 1880s. It was abandoned 1899 and is now completely...
