New
Zealand's
First
Timber
Mills
at
Wairere
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The first water driven timber mill in New Zealand was built on the river flats at Wairere. Production started in 1845. They soon had to realise that there was not enough water to run the mill in summer. Later the mill from the Heads got shifted to Wairere. |
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The location of NZ's first water driven timber mill |
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Old
cottage
built
with
timber
of
first |
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| The reason for this move was the sand that relentlessly bluntened the saw blades at the Heads. | |
Kohukohu
Chapel at Mangungu
Wairere
Boulders
Wairere
Boulders