Story: Modern mapping and surveying
This plaque, on the floor of the foyer at Massey University in Wellington (in a building that was formerly the National Museum), marks the position of the former Mt Cook trig station, which was once the zero point of the New Zealand land survey system.
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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photographs by Melanie Lovell-Smith
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