Ōhinewai history

Image gallery

Book images and archive photographs

The book gallery shows seven images from the publication. The archive gallery includes eight Whites Aviation aerials from 1954–1964, a 1940 Ōhinewai aerial, three railway photographs from 1964 and three 1917 photographs of the Pukemiro coalfield. Pukemiro is regional context; those images show the mine and collieries, not the Ōhinewai village.

Aerial photograph of Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, 22 January 1942, frame C.152.89, photograph No. 12422.

Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, 22 January 1942

Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, 22 January 1942, frame C.152.89, No. 12422. Project-held original aerial.

Project-held 1942 aerial; frame C.152.89, No. 12422.

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Modern aerial view of Ōhinewai, with the Waikato River at left, the former State Highway 1 corridor through the centre, and the Waikato Expressway at right.

Modern aerial view of Ōhinewai

Modern aerial view of Ōhinewai, with the Waikato River at left, the former State Highway 1 corridor through the centre, and the Waikato Expressway at right.

Project-held 4K modern aerial.

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Historic lithograph showing the Waikato river landscape at Tu Kaitote and Taupiri, published in 1847; it is regional context and is not a view of Ōhinewai.

George French Angas’s Waikato river-landscape view

George French Angas’s Waikato river-landscape view at Tu Kaitote/Taupiri, drawn in 1844 and published as a lithograph in The New Zealanders Illustrated in 1847. Regional lower-Waikato context only: this is not an Ōhinewai view.

George French Angas and J. W. Giles; public-domain work, Wikimedia Commons reproduction.

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Historical plan of attack on the Māori stronghold at Rangiriri on 20 November 1863.

Plan of attack at Rangiriri, 20 November 1863

Plan of attack on the Māori stronghold at Rangiriri, 20 November 1863. Rangiriri lies about eight kilometres north of Ōhinewai and was the major battle site in this part of the lower Waikato corridor.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Map 4624.

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Illustrative reconstruction of Wilkins Supermarket in the 1970s, based on a surviving family photograph.

Reconstruction of Wilkins Supermarket in the 1970s

Reconstruction of Wilkins Supermarket in the 1970s, based on the surviving family photograph. This is a reconstruction, not a historical photograph. Colours and some foreground details have been reconstructed.

Reconstruction based on a surviving Wilkins family photograph.

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Aerial photograph identified as Ōhinewai in 1997, showing the settlement before through traffic moved to the bypass.

Ōhinewai before the State Highway 1 bypass, 1997

Ōhinewai before the 2003 State Highway 1 bypass. The source email identifies this Crown aerial as Ōhinewai, 1997, and it shows the settlement while through traffic still followed the old highway corridor.

Recovered Crown aerial, CROWN_Temp132X_2961_210.jpg.

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Satellite view of Ōhinewai after the bypass, from a Google Earth source file saved on 7 July 2014; the imagery acquisition date is unverified.

Ōhinewai after the bypass, Google Earth source file saved in 2014

Ōhinewai after the bypass, from a Google Earth source file saved in 2014. The divided highway is visible, but the underlying imagery acquisition date has not been verified.

Google Earth source file saved 7 July 2014.

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Alexander Turnbull Library · Whites Aviation

Additional aerial photographs, 1954–1964

Eight National Library photographs show the Waikato River, Lake Rotongaro and flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai. Each card presents a colourised interpretation alongside the black-and-white source download, attribution and National Library record. The item records provide free downloads under CC BY 4.0; the colours are interpretive.

AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial photograph of Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, dated 29 October 1954. Colours are interpretive.

WA-36062-F · 29 October 1954

Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, 29 October 1954, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of this Whites Aviation aerial. The black-and-white source image is available on the National Library record; colours are interpretive.

Ohinewai, Waikato District, showing Waikato River. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-36062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial photograph of Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, dated 29 October 1954, reference WA-36063-F. Colours are interpretive.

WA-36063-F · 29 October 1954

Ōhinewai and the Waikato River, 29 October 1954, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of this second Whites Aviation aerial. The black-and-white source image is available on the National Library record; colours are interpretive.

Ohinewai, Waikato District, showing Waikato River. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-36063-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial photograph of Ōhinewai, the Waikato River and Lake Rotongaro, dated 29 October 1954. Colours are interpretive.

WA-36064-F · 29 October 1954

Ōhinewai and Lake Rotongaro, 29 October 1954, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of this Whites Aviation aerial. The black-and-white source image is available on the National Library record; colours in this version are interpretive.

Ohinewai, Waikato District, showing Waikato River and Lake Rotongaro. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-36064-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of Whites Aviation’s aerial photograph of flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai on 5 July 1956. Colours are interpretive.

WA-41807-F · 5 July 1956

Flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai, 5 July 1956, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of Whites Aviation’s aerial photograph of flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai on 5 July 1956. The National Library record provides the black-and-white source; colours are interpretive.

Flooding at Rangiriri and Ohinewai, Waikato district. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-41807-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial view of flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai on 5 July 1956, reference WA-41808-F. Colours are interpretive.

WA-41808-F · 5 July 1956

Flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai, 5 July 1956, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of Whites Aviation’s aerial view of flooding at Rangiriri and Ōhinewai on 5 July 1956. The black-and-white source is on the National Library record; colours are interpretive.

Flooding at Rangiriri and Ohinewai, Waikato District. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-41808-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial photograph catalogued as Waikato River, Ōhinewai, dated 28 July 1964. Colours are interpretive.

WA-62340-G · 28 July 1964

Waikato River at Ōhinewai, 28 July 1964, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of Whites Aviation’s aerial photograph catalogued as Waikato River, Ohinewai, dated 28 July 1964. Colours are interpretive; the black-and-white source is on the National Library record.

Waikato River, Ohinewai. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-62340-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial photograph of the Waikato River at Ōhinewai, dated 28 July 1964, reference WA-62345-G. Colours are interpretive.

WA-62345-G · 28 July 1964

Waikato River at Ōhinewai, 28 July 1964, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of this Whites Aviation aerial photograph. The black-and-white source is on the National Library record; colours are interpretive.

Waikato River, Ohinewai. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-62345-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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AI-colourised interpretation of the Whites Aviation aerial photograph of the Waikato River at Ōhinewai, dated 28 July 1964, reference WA-62350-G. Colours are interpretive.

WA-62350-G · 28 July 1964

Waikato River at Ōhinewai, 28 July 1964, colourised

AI-colourised interpretation of this Whites Aviation aerial photograph. The black-and-white source is on the National Library record; colours are interpretive.

Waikato River, Ohinewai. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-62350-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. AI-colourised interpretation; colours are interpretive.

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LINZ · Weston Langford · Alexander Turnbull Library

More historical photographs, 1917–1964

These finds add a 1940 aerial of Ōhinewai and three photographs of trains at Ōhinewai on 15 January 1964. The 1917 Godber photographs show the mine, coal handling and locomotive at Pukemiro, regional context for the district’s coal and rail history rather than images of the Ōhinewai village.

Pukemiro Collieries steam locomotive with railway staff, photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1917.

APG-0480-1/2-G · 1917 · Pukemiro

Steam locomotive belonging to Pukemiro Collieries Ltd.

The 1914 Peckett locomotive was photographed at Pukemiro by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. This is a district image, rather than a view of Ōhinewai village.

Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: APG-0480-1/2-G.

Public Domain Mark 1.0 in New Zealand. Reproduced unmodified. Wikimedia Commons file and reuse details · National Library item record.

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Steam locomotive and up coal train at Ohinewai, photographed by Weston Langford on 15 January 1964.

Weston Langford · 103994 · 15 January 1964

Coal train at the Ohinewai overbridge

Langford’s catalogue identifies this as an up coal train at Ohinewai’s overhead bridge.

Weston Langford, 103994: Ohinewai Overhead bridge Up Coal Ka 942.

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Steam locomotive K 900 hauling a coal train at Ohinewai, photographed by Weston Langford on 15 January 1964.

Weston Langford · 104003 · 15 January 1964

K 900 coal train at Ohinewai, Mile 61.5

Langford’s caption places the photograph on the down side at Ohinewai, mile 61.5.

Weston Langford, 104003: Ohinewai down side Mile 61.5 Up Coal K 900.

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Steam passenger express passing homes at Ohinewai, photographed by Weston Langford on 15 January 1964.

Weston Langford · 104004 · 15 January 1964

Down express at Ōhinewai

Homes, parked cars and the railway appear together in Langford’s photograph of the down express.

Weston Langford, 104004: Ohinewai Down Express Ja 1282.

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