Story: Wairarapa region

Crossing the Remutakas

Crossing the Rimutakas

Horse-drawn carts ascend the Remutaka Hill Road from the Upper Hutt side in the 1870s. The road over the range had been completed in 1856, improving access to the vital Wellington market. A rail connection over the Remutaka Range opened in 1878.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James Bragge Collection
Reference: PA7-30-03
Photograph by James Bragge

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Ben Schrader, 'Wairarapa region - Transport', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/12114/crossing-the-remutakas (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Ben Schrader, updated 1 Mar 2017