New Zealand - Upper Hutt - Civic Centre site - 1976 Upper Hutt - An area originally known as Orongomai - The first residents of the area were Maori of the Ngai Tara iwi. - Various other iwi controlled the area in the years before 1840. - Richard Barton, who settled at Trentham in 1841 in the area now known as Trentham Memorial Park, was the first European resident. - Barton subdivided his land and set aside a large area that was turned into parkland. - James Brown settled in the area that became the Upper Hutt town in 1848. (Reference: Wikipedia) New Zealand Railway - Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network - With a nationwide network of 4,128 km of track linking most major cities in the North and South Islands - Connected by inter-island rail and road ferries - Has a particular focus on bulk freight exports and imports - 18 million net tonnes moved by rail annually (Reference: Wikipedia) -------------------- Image source: Civic Centre site 1976. December 1976 Upper Hutt City/ Borough Engineer Department Slides https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/21497 #upperhutt