Heritage TrailsThe Auckland-to-Waikato Great South RoadContrafed PUblishingDecember 21, 2016January 25, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingDecember 21, 2016January 25, 2024 This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. The Auckland-to-Waikato Great South Road is arguably the most important in New Zealand history. HUGH DE...
ContractorHistoricalDevonport’s Calliope Drydock – favored by fateContrafed PUblishingNovember 23, 2015September 24, 2024 by Contrafed PUblishingNovember 23, 2015September 24, 2024 When it opened 130 years ago Devonport’s Calliope drydock was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Dug by hand in a little over three years,...