One of 5 vertical platinum mine shafts in the Kahuterawa Valley dug by Alexander Menesdorffer, circa 1900. The shafts are approximately 5 metres deep, are partially flooded and overgrown with ferns and moss. Each vertical shaft is fenced off from ...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Kahuterawa Valley, Palmerston North
Date: October 23, 2017
Members of the Ruahine Tramping Club are pictured outside the Copper Mines Hut. The people are undentified.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Hawkes Bay
Date: September 9, 1941
View looking downstream of College Creek, Tararua Forest Park. College Creek forms part of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek loop track, with Burn Hut lying on top of the ridgeline at the halfway point along the track..
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
Photograph of Reuben Clark climbing the start of the Wharite Peak Track next to the Wharite Peak trig.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Wharite Peak, Manawatu
Date: September 30, 2017
Photograph from viewpoint along the Otangane Loop with the high point of the track, "The Nipple", in the centre background. This track is accessible via the Sledge Track in the Kahuterawa Forest Park.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 15, 2018
Burn Hut is a basic six-bunk hut which lies within the middle of the northern end of the Tararua Forest Park as part of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek loop track. The hut lies at 750 meters above sea level and has expansive views from Eke...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Burn hut, Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
Jennifer Lyon on the north side of the Mangahao Lower #2 Dam. Across the dam lies another building and the start of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek track, with Burn Hut lying directly to the southeast.
The Mangahao Power Station p...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao Lower No2 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
Photograph of the fork in the Otangane Loop Track. This track is accessible via the Sledge Track and lies in the Kahauterawa and Tararua Forest Park area.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 15, 2018
Panorama photograph from the high point of the Otangane Loop Track, The Nipple, at 650m above sea level. The view takes in the area around Pahiatua to the northeast and Mangahao river. Kopikopiko and Naenae roads lie directly beneath this area....
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Pahiatua
Date: January 15, 2018
View of the Mangahao #1 Reservoir and Dam looking northwest from the College Creek track. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao Upper No1 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
View of the Mangahao Lower #2 Dam and reservoir from Mangahao Road. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. Aft...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao No2 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
Swing bridge across the Kahuterawa Stream which was completed in 2017 by the Palmerston North City Council. The bridge connects the mid-way point of the Sledge Track on the east bank of the stream with Arapuke Forest park on the other side.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: October 23, 2017
View of the leeward side of the Mangahao Upper #1 Dam from the end of Mangahao Road. Tararua Forest Park begins at this point.
The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves We...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao Upper No1 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
View of the Kahuterawa Stream from the Arapuke Swing Bridge looking south towards Quartz Creek. The swing bridge is accessible from the Sledge Track and links the track with the Arapuke Forest Park.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: January 15, 2018
Photograph of the small Otangane Stream which crosses the Otangane Loop Track in the Tararua Forest Park. The Otangane Loop Track is accessible via the Sledge Track.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 15, 2018
View of the stairs at the bottom of the section of the Sledge Track labelled The Elevation. This section lies just beyond the swing bridge across the Kahuterawa Stream and leads up to the peak of Hardings Park at 550m above sea level, providing...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: October 23, 2017
View of the Kahuterawa Stream looking northeast from the Sledge Track on the east bank. The photograph was taken at the Argyle Rocks, named after Ian Argyle, one of the individuals who helped rehabilitate the area and build the current track in...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: October 23, 2017
Panoramic view of the terrain around Burn Hut with "Peak", the largets feature nearby, lying in the middle of the picture. Burn Hut is accessible via the loop track of Mangahao # 2 Dam to College Creek and lies in the middle of the northern end...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Burn hut, Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
One of two horizontal platinum mine shafts in the Kahuterawa Valley carved out by Alexander Menesdorffer circa 1875. The mine is located at the northern end of the Toe Toe Loop and is approximately 7 metres in length and is partially flooded, w...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: October 23, 2017