New Zealand - Railway
- Train derailment at Opapa, near Te Aute
- 22 September 1925
- ‘The burnt-out wreck of the Wellington to Napier mail train which left the rails at high speed near Opapa in September 1925. The locomotive was A 600…’ – from “New Zealand Tragedies on the Track” (by Geoff Conly and Graham Stewart, 1986, page 95)
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)
TE AUTE.
- A farming district situated twenty-seven miles south from Napier, on the main south railway line
- Included in the Hawke's Bay electoral and licensing district
- Te Aute College is about four, miles from the railway station
- The roads running through the district are in good order, and are much used by cyclists and motorists.
- Te Aute valley is surrounded by low limestone hills, and overlooks what, until recent years, was a swamp.
- By systematic draining the swamp has disappeared, with the exception of a lake (Poukawa), on which good duck shooting can be obtained.
(Reference: read more at http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d27-d39.html)
Image source: Train Derailment at Opapa 1925
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