Rock, limestone and clay


by Carl Walrond

The energetic suburban handyman working his concrete mixer was for years one sign of a growing nation laying the foundations of the future. The roads, bridges and buildings of the urban environment have been constructed with millions of tonnes of New Zealand’s abundant greywacke, limestone, and other rocks.

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Main image: Workers at the Tākaka Hill marble quarry

Workers at the Tākaka Hill marble quarry


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