New Zealand’s first School of Engineering was founded in 1887 by Canterbury College, with the first laboratory building opened in …
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Queens Wharf (named in honour of Queen Victoria) was Wellington’s first public wharf and an important part of the city’s …
Cosseys Creek Dam, completed in 1955, was the first of a series of rolled earth water supply dams in Auckland's …
Water supply from Auckland's Hunua Ranges has been important to the growth of New Zealand's largest city since the mid-20th …
Mangatangi Dam, constructed between 1972 and 1977, was the last of a series of rolled earth water supply dams to …
Kauri trees (Agathis australis) are unique to New Zealand and have grown here for more than 150 million years. Kauri …
The Wellington Harbour Board’s hydraulic power system was important to the operations of this significant New Zealand port from the …
Ferrymead Heritage Park’s origins date from 1963 when Christchurch railway and tramway preservation organisations encouraged the Heathcote County Council to …
At this tramway system’s peak, the South Island city of Christchurch had New Zealand’s most extensive electric street tramway. In …
Built between 1923 and 1925, the Springvale Suspension Bridge spans the Rangitikei River, near Inland Patea’s Springvale Station.
Constructed between 1899 and 1901, the Ōkere Falls Power Station on the Kaituna River was the New Zealand central government’s …
The Waikaremoana hydro-electric power development in northern Hawke’s Bay consists of three power stations fed from the Lake Waikaremoana. The …
The Taharoa ironsand mining project was commissioned in 1972 and has been a success story for the local community and …
Constructed in 1913, the timber pedestrian suspension bridge at Horseshoe Bend was built to replace a precarious wire and chair …
The site of Auckland’s Victoria Park Market was once the central refuse collection area for the city, as well as …
