New Zealand has a rich engineering and industrial heritage worth appreciating and celebrating. Along with the Engineering Heritage Register, we have a library of other interesting heritage items in our Engineering Heritage Record.

View the full list of items on the Engineering Heritage Record on our interactive maps:

Wairoa Dam

Wairoa Dam

Wairoa Dam, completed in 1975, is one of a series of rolled earth water supply dams in Auckland's Hunua Ranges. …

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Shaky Suspension Bridge

Spanning the Manuherikia River at Alexandra, Shaky Suspension Bridge was constructed as a light traffic bridge, between 1878 and 1879, …

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Upper Mangatawhiri Dam

Upper Mangatāwhiri Dam

Upper Mangatāwhiri Dam, completed in 1965, was one of a series of rolled earth water supply dams completed in Auckland's …

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Victoria Bridge Hamilton

Victoria Bridge, Hamilton

Hamilton’s Victoria Bridge, also known as the Town Bridge, crosses the Waikato River and links central and east Hamilton. This …

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Rimutaka Railway

Remutaka Railway

Surveyed by John Rochfort in 1870–71, the railway from Wellington as far as Kaitoke opened on 1 January 1878, and …

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Auckland Town Hall

Auckland Town Hall

The Auckland Town Hall was the city’s political heart and is an important part of Auckland’s heritage. From 1994 to …

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Daniel O' Connell Bridge

Daniel O'Connell Bridge

Crossing the Manuherikia River west of Ophir, the Daniel O’Connell Bridge is a single lane road bridge providing access to …

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Single Wire Earth Return

Single Wire Earth Return (SWER)

The Single Earth Wire Return (SWER) is a low cost electrical distribution system. It was developed by New Zealand engineer …

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KZ 1

KZ 1

Conceived in a hotel room at the Ritz Carlton, Washington DC on 12 July 1987, KZ 1 is a 90 …

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Wellington Hospital Total Energy Centre

In 1981, Wellington Hospital's Total Energy Centre was the first example in service at a hospital in New Zealand, and …

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Millers Flat Bridge

Millers Flat Bridge, opened in 1899, was the result of a drawn out process which was fraught with controversy. This …

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Wairakei to Taupo Section of State Highway 1

Wairākei to Taupō section of State Highway 1

The Wairākei to Taupō section of State Highway 1, opened in 1972, was one of the first parts of that …

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Wairakei Geothermal Power Development

Wairākei Geothermal Power Development

The Wairākei Power Station, the world’s second geothermal power station and the first to utilise flash steam from geothermal water …

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Tauranga harbour and port development 1

Tauranga harbour and port development

The Port of Tauranga, located in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island’s East Coast, is a natural harbour …

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T.S.S. Earnslaw

The largest steamship built in New Zealand, T.S.S. Earnslaw, is now one of the world’s last coal-fired passenger steamers. The …

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