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Heritage Trails: Building the Backbone

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From military beginnings to tourist day-trip, the Napier-Taupo Road cuts across the backbone of the North Island. Hugh de Lacy checks out its colourful history....
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Heritage Trails: Through mist and mystery

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To the 19th century Tuhoe, a road through their beloved Urewera country spelt capitulation, which is why it was never completed until 1929. Hugh de...
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Heritage Trails: The Pigroot

Vijay Naidu
There were wild pigs aplenty up the top of the Shag Valley, but it was the mud that gave Otago’s SH85 the nickname by which...
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Heritage Trails: Waioeka Gorge

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War made the Waioeka Gorge notorious, but the scenic road through it has made it a drawcard for motorists. Hugh de Lacy tells its story....
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Building a winter diversion route

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The stark prospect of the timber on which the town was founded running out was what drove the construction of the Ohakune Mountain Road. Hugh...
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Farewell to a top civil contractor and gold miner – Sam March

Gill Prentice
Guy and Andy March, two of Sam March’s nephews, share a few memories of him and March 
Construction. SAM WAS BORN on July 14 1945....
Heritage NZNew Zealand roads

A concise history of Kiwi roading

Gill Prentice
Richard Silcock explores the development and construction of the country’s first roads. WHEN THE FIRST Europeans settled in New Zealand their attention was largely given...
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Manapouri Muscle

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It was possibly the country’s greatest engineering feat, and certainly one of its most profound political milestones. HUGH DE LACY tells the story of the...
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By the Dry Cardrona

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Featured photo: SIR GEORGE GREY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AUCKLAND LIBRARIES It is a now a direct, all-sealed, and exceptionally scenic link between Queenstown and Wanaka, but...