Ruapekapeka may not have been the first pā to utilise trenches or to have strong palisades, but the combination of …
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Begun in 1943, Stony Batter was to be part of Auckland's defences during World War Two, but it was not …
First built at his Irishman Creek workshop for boating on Canterbury’s shingle rivers in the 1950s, Sir William Hamilton’s development …
This bridge has a special pride of place in New Zealand but was designed and built by the Australian company, …
Gold winning by bucket dredge is a New Zealand development that began in Otago.
The Hutt Railway Workshops, in the Lower Hutt suburb of Woburn, was a significant place for the creation and maintenance …
Engineering has played a central role in the recent history of one of Auckland’s important heritage buildings, the Auckland War …
Dunedin's Hillside Railway Workshops have played a major role in the construction of locomotives and freight wagons for New Zealand’s …
Locals called the Denniston Incline the eighth wonder of the world. Opened in 1879, this South Island railway transported coal …
This reinforced concrete water tower was completed in early 1914 to provide adequate water pressure for firefighting.
The Lyttelton Road Tunnel connects Christchurch with the South Island’s largest deep-water port at Lyttelton. Opened on 27 February 1964, …
An integral part of the national railway system, the Picton ferry terminal handles over $15b to $20b of freight and …
The first such facility in the world, the Bluff all-weather package loaders were designed and built in New Zealand to …
One of many bridges over the Clutha River, Beaumont Bridge replaced an earlier structure destroyed in the disastrous flood of …
In 1935 five men with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows began piercing the Darran Mountain Range, beginning the creation of a …
