Ngāruawāhia#Water supply

Ngāruawāhia covers {{Convert|11.86|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Urban Rural 2023 (generalised)|access-date=18 March 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Ngaruawahia|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Ngaruawahia|y}}|R}}/11.86|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|5,334|2013|5,682|2018|6,987|2023|7,992|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Ngāruawāhia North (172000), Ngāruawāhia Central (172100) and Ngāruawāhia South (172200)}}|footnote=The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 9.42 km².}}

Ngāruawāhia had a population of 7,992 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,005 people (14.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 2,310 people (40.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 3,951 males, 4,020 females and 21 people of other genders in 2,442 dwellings.{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.1169%2B172001%2B172100%2B172201.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}} 2.6% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 2,022 people (25.3%) aged under 15 years, 1,707 (21.4%) aged 15 to 29, 3,489 (43.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 774 (9.7%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 55.4% European (Pākehā); 54.0% Māori; 6.4% Pasifika; 7.0% Asian; 0.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.4%, Māori language by 17.8%, Samoan by 0.5%, and other languages by 7.1%. No language could be spoken by 3.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 12.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 28.1% Christian, 1.5% Hindu, 0.4% Islam, 4.9% Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 56.3%, and 6.9% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 936 (15.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,498 (58.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,536 (25.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $44,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 456 people (7.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,387 (56.7%) people were employed full-time, 651 (10.9%) were part-time, and 306 (5.1%) were unemployed.{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bib7%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.1169.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Ngāruawāhia (1169)}}

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The name Ngāruawāhia means "the opened food pits", which derives from a great feast in the 17th century. Te Ngaere, a Ngāti Tamainupō chief, and Heke-i-te-rangi, a Ngāti Maniapoto woman, had eloped and settled at Ngāruawāhia, causing a rift between their tribes. When their first child was born, Ngāti Maniapoto were invited to the celebration in an attempt to reconcile the tribes. Te Ngaere's father named the boy Te Mana-o-te-rangi in honour of Ngāti Maniapoto. Peace was established between the tribes, and Te Ngaere shouted "Wāhia ngā rua" (break open the food pits).Swarbrick, Nancy. "[http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/waikato-places/5 Waikato places – Ngāruawāhia]". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 8 December 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.lgnz.co.nz/projects/SocialandCommunityIssues/HeritagePlanners/HPminutes18June2010-Appendix6.pdf |title=Heritage planners minutes |date=18 June 2010 |publisher=Waikato District Council |access-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209015017/http://lgnz.co.nz/projects/SocialandCommunityIssues/HeritagePlanners/HPminutes18June2010-Appendix6.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://gorgeouswithattitude.blogspot.co.nz/2010/09/puke-i-aahua-pa-palisade-ngaaruaawahia.html#!/2010/09/puke-i-aahua-pa-palisade-ngaaruaawahia.html |title=Puke-i-aahua Pa Palisade, Ngaaruaawahia |access-date=19 April 2012}}

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When Rangiriri pā was taken by General Cameron after a white flag of truce was flown, Cameron informed Māori that Governor Grey would only come to talk peace if his forces were allowed to enter Ngāruawāhia unopposed. Cameron entered a deserted Ngāruawāhia on 8 December 1863, but Grey never came to talk peace.{{Cite web|last=O’Malley|first=Vincent|date=June 2020|title=Historical Report on Hamilton Street and City Names|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/Documents/Historical%20Report%20on%20Hamilton%20Street%20and%20City%20Names%20FINAL.pdf|website=Hamilton City Council}} Despite Māori protest, sales of confiscated land went ahead in 1864, shortly after the invasion.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18640930.2.21|title=GOVERNMENT LAND SALE |work=New Zealander |date=1864-09-30|via=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-14}} During the 19th century, Ngāruawāhia was named Queenstown and then Newcastle. However, the town returned to the original name in 1878.{{cite book|author=Ian D. Robinson|title=Waikato River Its People, Places & History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xopkPgAACAAJ |date=2010|publisher=David Bateman Limited, New Zealand, 2009|isbn=9781869537531}}Retrieved November 2016

A {{Convert|100|hp|abbr=on}}{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1921-I-II.2.2.2.1/6|title=PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. J. G. COATES, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. (Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1921-01-01)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}} gas power station{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1922/I/1355|title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1922 Session PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. J. G. COATES, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS.|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}} was built in Herschell St in 1913 by the Town Board for lighting. It used Glen Massey coal, which was converted to gas in a Cambridge Patent Gas Producer (many were used about this time in Australasia){{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57734806|title="Cambridge" Gas Producer|date=1912-10-13|work=Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954)|access-date=2017-07-16|pages=7}} and used to drive a 2-cylinder gas engine.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19140317.2.11|title=NGARUAWAHIA POWER STATION (Waikato Argus, 1914-03-17)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}} It closed in 1924.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1924/I/2343|title=PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. J. G. COATES, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. (Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924-01-01)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-06}} Much of the machinery was removed in 1950 and from 1954 the building was used as a scout hall.

Officers from the United States visited Ngāruawāhia during World War II and would share food at hāngī.[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/american-officer-and-tainui-kuia American officer and Tainui kuia] Retrieved 2016 Queen Elizabeth II has visited Ngāruawāhia on two occasions (1953 & 1974).[http://ngaruawahia.com/about-ngaruawahia/history/1953-and-1974-queen-elizabeths-visits/ 1953 & 1974 – Queen Elizabeth’s Visits] On the latter occasion, then Māori Queen Dame Te Ātairangikaahu and her husband Whatumoana Paki welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the local marae.[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/maori-and-english-queens-1974 Māori and English Queens, 1974] The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival was held in 1973, and featured many music acts, including some that went on to become internationally famous such as Black Sabbath and Split Enz.[http://ngaruawahia.com/about-ngaruawahia/history/1973-the-great-ngaruawahia-music-festival/ 1973 – The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival] It was the first large outdoor music festival in New Zealand.

In 1980, Mayor Latta released a book about the history of the town titled 'Meeting of the Waters'.{{cite book|author=Mark Smith|title=Ngaruawahia 1980–2010 A Brief History|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=548wnQEACAAJ|access-date=9 October 2016|date=2012|publisher=Lions Club of Ngaruawahia Incorporated Charitable Trust|isbn=978-0-473-21930-7}}

In March 1998, a freight train derailed on the local North Island Main Trunk line's rail bridge across the Waikato River. The incident caused structural damage to the bridge.

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Until 1923 springs in Waipa Esplanade and Market Street were used. In April 1923 a reticulation scheme was opened, supplied by a dam on the Quarry Creek (now Mangarata Stream),{{Cite web|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz367/Mangarata-Stream/|title=Mangarata Stream, Waikato|website=NZ Topo Map|language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}} {{convert|3/4|mi||abbr=}} away, in the Hakarimatas. The concrete dam is {{convert|100|ft||abbr=}} long and {{convert|26|ft||abbr=}} high{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19230423.2.154|title=NGARUAWAHIA'S WATER, NEW ZEALAND HERALD|date=23 Apr 1923|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2019-01-07}} and now accessible by the Waterworks Walk from Brownlee Avenue, alongside Mangarata Stream.{{Cite web|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/waikato/hakarimata-scenic-reserve-tracks-brochure.pdf|title=Hakarimata Tracks|date=April 2013|website=DoC}} The population was then 1100 in 240 houses. By 1965 the population was 3,630,{{Cite web|url=https://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1966/NZOYB_1966.html?_ga=2.56260395.1299845052.1546889109-32768069.1543379220|title=THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1966}} so water was instead pumped from the Waikato and from a deep bore, with a new reservoir and water treatment plant opened in 1965.{{Cite web|url=https://wdcsitefinity.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity-storage/docs/default-source/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/plans/district-plan-review/section-32-reports/historic-heritage/appendix-10-4-1-6-historic-overview---6-ngaruawahia.pdf?sfvrsn=8c2480c9_2|title=WDC District Plan Review – Built Heritage Assessment Historic Overview – Ngaruawahia & District|website=Waikato District Council}}

By April 2001, the damaged rail bridge was mended.

In 2008, Ngāruawāhia set a world record for the largest haka{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3926864/Top-of-the-south-aims-for-largest-haka|title=Top of the south aims for largest haka|work=The Nelson Mail|publisher=Stuff|date=July 2010}} and by 2010 the town had its own community news.

In 2011, murals were installed for Ngāruawāhia's 150th anniversary in 2013 {{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/5058178/Murals-set-scene-for-150th-mark|author=Aaron Leaman|title=Murals set scene for 150th mark|work=Waikato Times|publisher=Stuff|date=May 2011}} Ngaruawahia High School (which opened in 1963) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013.

In May 2016, Heather du Plessis-Allan (an NZME broadcaster) claimed that the "town is rotting". The broadcaster later accepted a challenge to visit the town{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hamilton-news/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503366&objectid=11647475 |title=Heather du Plessis-Allan accepts challenge to visit Ngaruawahia|author=Belinda Feek|work=The New Zealand Herald|department=Hamilton News|date=May 2016}} and an article relating to the incident appeared on a Waikato Times front page.[http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80605412/epic-front-page-prompts-heather-du-plessisallen-visit-to-ngaruawahia 'Epic front page' prompts Heather du Plessis-Allan visit to Ngaruawahia] According to Waikato District Mayor Allan Sanson, du Plessis-Allan "really upset locals".[https://web.archive.org/web/20160601132424/http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/rotting-ngaruawahia-hits-back-at-heather-du-plessis-allan-2016053114#axzz4AGyHm96g 'Rotting' Ngaruawahia hits back at Heather du Plessis-Allan] In June 2016, local mayor Allan Sanson said du Plessis-Allan spent around three hours in the town, apologizing to residents.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80643336/broadcaster-heather-du-plessisallan-gets-a-tour-of-rotting-ngaruawahia|title=Broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan gets a tour of 'rotting' Ngaruawahia|author=Nancy El-Gamel|publisher=Stuff|date=June 2016}} Retrieved October 2016

In 2019, the name of the town was officially gazetted as Ngāruawāhia.{{LINZ|32480|Ngāruawāhia|2 August 2019}}

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Until the Waikato invasion the rivers were the main transport routes, but, after the Great South Road and main trunk line were built, the rivers became barriers, which needed crossings.

As early as 1870 a public meeting called for a bridge,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18701026.2.17|title=NEWCASTLE: PUBLIC MEETING. (Daily Southern Cross, 1870-10-26)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} but a punt continued to be the main means of crossing the river until the road-rail bridge opened for traffic in 1876. So long as there were few trains, there was little complaint that gates closed 10 minutes before a train was due.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18910328.2.25|title=NGARUAWAHIA BRIDGE. (Waikato Times, 1891-03-28)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} However, by the 1900s road{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19040627.2.67|title=NGARUAWAHIA RAILWAY BRIDGE. (New Zealand Herald, 1904-06-27)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} and rail traffic was increasing, averaging 20 trains,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19101001.2.16|title=Ngaruawahia Traffic Bridge (Waikato Argus, 1910-10-01)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} 275 pedestrians, 43 equestrians, 29 light vehicles, 18 milk carts, 6 wagons, and 55 stock a day in 1910.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19101001.2.38|title=THE NGARUAWAHIA BRIDGE. (New Zealand Herald, 1910-10-01)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}}

A survey for a road bridge was done in 1911.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1911-I.2.3.2.1/4|title=PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. BY THE HON. RODERICK McKENZIE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. 16th OCTOBER, 1911. (Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} Test borings for piles were done in 1912.{{Cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/206174|title=THE NEED FOR A NEW TRAFFIC BRIDGE ACROSS THE WAIKATO RIVER: BORING FOR FOUNDATIONS AT NGARUAWAHIA.|date=19 September 1912|website=Kura Heritage Collections Online (Auckland Council Libraries)|access-date=2025-04-17}} The Ngāruawāhia Town Board and Waikato, Waipa, and Raglan County Councils agreed to share the cost in 1914.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19140731.2.72|title=NGARUAWAHIA BRIDGE. (New Zealand Herald, 1914-07-31)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} The State Advances office lent £2,500 for the bridge in 1915.{{Cite book|title=Waikato County 1876–1976|last=More|first=David|year=1976|publisher=Wilson & Horton Ltd|isbn=086864000X}} Wartime shortages caused further delays, but by 1917 the new bridge was taking shape.{{Cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/225669|title=commencing the erection of a new bridge at Ngaruawahia|last=Auckland Weekly News|date=4 October 1917|website=Kura Heritage Collections Online (Auckland Council Libraries)|access-date=2025-04-17}} Further delay occurred when additional piles had to be driven.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1918/I-II/1050|title=Public Works Statement, By The Hon. Sir William Fraser, Kt. Bach., Minister of Public Works. 1 January 1918|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} The Minister reported the work well in hand in 1919,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1919-I.2.1.5.1/2|title=Public Works Statement. By the Hon. Sir William Fraser, Kt. Bach., Minister of Public Works 1 JANUARY 1919|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} but then a temporary bridge, used in construction, was hit by a steamer.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19190530.2.94.6|title=DAMAGE TO BRIDGE. (New Zealand Herald, 1919-05-30)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} Work got under way again,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19191027.2.3|title=ENGINEERS IN HAMILTON (Waikato Times, 1919-10-27)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} £3,000 was in the Public Works Estimates{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19201023.2.10|title=PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES (Waikato Times, 1920-10-23)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} and the bridge was reported complete in 1920, except for its approaches.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1920/I/1273|title=Parliamentary Papers – Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1920|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} The bridge opened in 1921{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19210722.2.83|title=NGARUAWAHIA BOROUGH (Waikato Times, 1921-07-22)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} and, on 28 July 1921, was officially opened by the Minister of Public Works, J. G. Coates.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19210729.2.87|title=NGARUAWAHIA BRIDGE (Waikato Times, 1921-07-29)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} It was {{Convert|12|ft|abbr=on}} wide{{Cite book|title=Meeting of the Waters|last=Latta|first=A. M.|year=1980}} and {{Convert|436|ft|abbr=on}} long, made up of 3 x {{Convert|123|ft|abbr=on}}, a {{Convert|43|ft|abbr=on}} and a {{Convert|20|ft|abbr=on}} span. Two piers were in the river on {{Convert|6|ft|abbr=on}} concrete cylinders sunk {{Convert|37|ft|abbr=on}} below normal water-level. The others were reinforced concrete on concrete piling and the deck and trusses of Australian hardwood.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1921/I-II/1345|title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1921|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}}

Complaints had been made about a single-lane bridge since before it was built, so, when the new NIMT bridge was built, the Main Highways Board leased the old one and added decking.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19310513.2.103|title=BRIDGE AT NGARUAWAHIA. (New Zealand Herald, 1931-05-13)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} The conversion was completed in early November 1931,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19311030.2.105|title=MAIN HIGHWAYS BOARD. (New Zealand Herald, 1931-10-30)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19311112.2.138|title=WAIKATO COUNTY. (New Zealand Herald, 1931-11-12)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} allowing 2-way traffic.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1932/I-II/1860|title=Public Works Statement (By The Hon. C. E. Macmillan, Acting Minister of Public Works). 1 January 1932|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} Single lane traffic was reinstated for a few months in 1936 to allow a {{Convert|40|ft|abbr=on}} truss on the 1921 bridge to be replaced.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19360403.2.52|title=NGARUAWAHIA BRIDGE (New Zealand Herald, 1936-04-03)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} Traffic was still increasing. In 1935 traffic between Ohinewai and Ngāruawāhia averaged 660 vehicles a day. By 1938 it had risen to 1,329.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1938/I/1521|title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives – 1938 Public Works Statement (By The Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works).|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}}

On 13 March 1953 a contract was let for a new steel truss bridge. An April 1955 photo shows two piers in the river.{{Efn-lr|group=1956bridge|name=apr55|"[https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23529362 Ngaruawahia, Waikato, view south to town at the confluence of the Waikato River with the Domain and bridge with Great South Road, and Waipā River with Waingar Road Bridge beyond]".}} On 20 August 1955 the centre span was placed and a 1955 photo shows the bridge almost finished.{{Efn-lr|group=1956bridge|name=br55|"[https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30116344 Ngaruawahia road and rail bridges under construction over the Waikato River, Waikato Region]".}} The first car drove over the bridge on 19 October 1956. By 2008 17,392 vehicles a day were crossing the bridge.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trafficcounts.co.nz/|title=www.trafficcounts.co.nz|access-date=2017-07-17}} No more recent counts have been published, but, after the opening of the Taupiri link in 2013,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/ngaruawahia/docs/ngaruawahia-update-201009.pdf|title=Waikato Expressway – Ngaruawahia Section Update – September 2010|website=NZTA}} traffic on the Great South Rd in Ngāruawāhia, was 12,467 in 2015, suggesting that traffic on the bridge has been reduced by about 5,000 vehicles a day.{{Cite web|url=https://wdcsitefinity.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity-storage/docs/default-source/services-and-facilities/roading/traffic-and-loading-_all-roads-nov16_c35bc96a-3ff2-4b21-a744-8f75f59f321a.pdf?sfvrsn=6|title=RAMM Traffic and Loading – GREAT SOUTH RD between ELLERY ST and GALILEO ST|date=November 2016|website=Waikato DC}}

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Ngāruawāhia's history is reflected in the number of its Listed Buildings –

Category 1 Turangawaewae House built in 1912–1919 as Te Kauhanganui building in a fusion of Arts and Crafts and traditional Māori styles;{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4170|title=Turangawaewae House / Maori Parliament Building|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}}

Category 2 – Band Rotunda,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4257|title=Band Rotunda|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} Delta Tavern,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4459|title=Delta Tavern|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} Doctor's House, former bakery,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4248|title=Bakery (Former)|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} former Flourmill Store,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/734|title=Flourmill Store (Former)|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} former Māori pā – Puke i Ahua,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/6704|title=Puke i Ahua|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} Grant's Chambers,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4251|title=Grant's Chambers|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} 13 Lower Waikato Esplanade,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4255|title=House|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} 2 Old Taupiri Rd,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4259|title=House|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} Pioneer Gun Turret,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/756|title=Pioneer Gun Turret|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} Riverdale,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4256|title=Riverdale|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} St Paul's Church,{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4246|title=St Paul's Church (Catholic)|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}} War Memorial.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4258|title=World War One and Two Memorial|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-10-10}}

File:Flag of the Māori King, 1863.jpg as the first Māori king, drawn 1863]]

Ngāruawāhia is home to the Kīngitanga.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80518848/ngaruawahia-residents-riled-at-columnists-town-is-rotting-comments|title=Ngaruawahia residents riled at columnist's 'town is rotting' comments|publisher=Stuff|author=Phillipa Yalden }} Retrieved October 2016 The first Māori king, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, was crowned at Ngāruawāhia in 1858 and was living there when he died two years later. The current Māori queen is Nga wai hono i te po; she obtained the throne at Tūrangawaewae Marae following the death of her father in 2024.{{cite news|first=Florence|last=Kerr|title=New Māori monarch named: Queen Ngā Wai hono i te po Paki|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350404098/new-maori-monarch-named-queen-nga-wai-hono-i-te-po-paki|work=Stuff|date=5 September 2024|access-date=5 September 2024}}

Ngāruawāhia has two marae affiliated with the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Te Weehi: Tūrangawaewae and its Mahinaarangi or Turongo meeting house, and Waikeri-Tangirau Marae.{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= http://www.tkm.govt.nz/ |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=Te Puni Kōkiri}}{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/map |website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}

A local gang is Tribal Huk, who have been seen as heroes by the community for providing lunches to schoolchildren in Ngāruawāhia, Hamilton and Huntly.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/opinion/85385414/tribal-huk-members-show-they-are-good-neighbours-in-ngaruawahia|title=Tribal Huk members show they are good neighbours in Ngaruawahia|date=October 2016|work=Waikato Times|publisher=Stuff }} In particular, they have been known for making sandwiches,{{cite web |url= http://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/shades-bad-changing-face-nz-gang-culture|title=Shades of Bad? The changing face of NZ gang culture|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service}} which earned them the nickname "Sandwich Gang".

In October 2016, Tribal Huk president Jamie Pink started a movement against methamphetamine, known in New Zealand as "P".{{cite news|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/85859208/ngaruwahia-community-on-edge-after-gang-unrest|title=Ngaruawahia community on edge after gang unrest|author=Jo Lines-Mackenzie|work=Waikato Times |publisher=Stuff|date=October 2016}} Waikato District Mayor Allan Sanson supported Pink's message to Ngāruawāhia methamphetamine dealers to either leave the town within 24 hours or "visits" would begin.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/85302019/gang-boss-gives-p-dealers-ultimatum|title=Gang boss gives P dealers ultimatum|date=October 2016}}

The demand was also supported by members of the community who had gathered at a local meeting.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11728767|title=Ngaruawahia gang leader tells drug dealers: Leave – or else|work= The New Zealand Herald|date=October 2016}} According to a gang source, Ngāruawāhia became P free,{{cite news|title=Tribal Huk clears Ngaruawahia of P dealers, as promised |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/85386340/tribal-huk-clears-ngaruawahia-of-p-dealers-as-promised |publisher=Stuff |date=October 2016}} but the Police Association stated that there was no evidence that P dealers had left Ngāruawāhia.{{cite news|title=There's no evidence that P dealers have left Ngaruawahia after Tribal Huk claims, says Police Association|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11735368|date=October 2016}} There is additionally concern Pink has damaged the work that Tribal Huk did feeding a thousand Waikato schoolchildren.

In November 2016, another community meeting was held. Pink was not present.{{cite news|title=Strong police presence at Ngaruawahia community meeting|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11745267 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=November 2016}}

In the 1996 census, the majority of residents identified as Christian. A Bible is traditionally used during the crowning of a Māori monarch.{{cite web | title =Tuheitia new Maori king | agency =New Zealand Press Association | work =The New Zealand Herald | date =August 2006 | url =http://m.nzherald.co.nz/maori-queen/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501103&objectid=10397245 | access-date =10 November 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20161111070321/http://m.nzherald.co.nz/maori-queen/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501103&objectid=10397245 | archive-date =11 November 2016 | url-status =dead }} In 1995, the Holy Trinity Anglican Church burned down, and a new church had been built in its place by 1998.

On the northern side of the Waipā River is the Christian Youth Camps (CYC), the largest youth camp site in New Zealand. CYC started in the early 1960s with large Easter conventions. Today there are two separate camp sites on 38 hectares of land. The camp offers school holiday camps throughout the year. During the terms, the camps are used by various groups, including schools, churches and sporting organisations.

Ngaruawahia United, known as "The Green Machine", is the local football (soccer) club, founded in 1968. Centennial Park serves as the home ground for the club,{{cite web|url=https://www.footballgroundmap.com/ground/centennial-park-ngaruawahia/ngaruawahia-united|title=Centennial Park (Ngaruawahia)|publisher=Football Ground Map|access-date=18 March 2025}} and has been the home venue for ASB Premiership side Waikato FC in past seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/venues/centennial-park-ngaruawahia/|title=Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia (New Zealand)|publisher=worldfootball.net|access-date=18 March 2025}}

The town's rugby league teams are Ngaruawahia Panthers and Tūrangawaewae.{{Cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/7316219/People-matter-most-in-lovely-Ngaruawahia |title =People matter most in lovely Ngaruawahia|date = 20 July 2012 | work= Waikato Times }}

The 'Ngaruawahia Rugby League Club' is the oldest such club in the Waikato. Early games were played on varying venues, for instance Taupiri paddock and Paterson Park. The first major match for the town was held in August 1911 when they lost to Auckland 22 – 36 at the Caledonian Ground in Frankton. Ngaruawahia did however beat Hamilton United 27 – 4 in the first ever Northern Union game to be played at Hamilton's Steele Park in 1912. The senior team were Champion of Champions in 1956 and 1957.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Cb-ZtwAACAAJ&q=ngaruawahia+rugby+league+1911-2011 Ngaruawahia Rugby League: 1911–2011, 100 Years Ngaruawahia Rugby League Football Club, 2011]

Ngāruawāhia is the home of the rugby league team Turangawaewae RLC, which is named after the marae opposite the clubrooms.

'Ngaruawahia Rugby League Club' (Panthers) are 2011 champions, Premiers, U17, U14, U13 are all champions.

The local regatta has been a fundamental event for the region for well over a century. An event is held every year in March on the Waikato River. The first regatta was an unofficial event in 1892, involving both Māori and Pākehā festivities. The regatta provided a means of association between two ethnic groups, socially and culturally. The first official regatta took place in 1896 and since then has grown to become one of New Zealand's largest aquatic festivals.[http://ngaruawahia.com/about-ngaruawahia/history/the-regatta/ The Regatta] During the centennial regatta in March 1996, over 48,000 people visited the town to see thousands of performers from a number of countries.

For many years, jumping off the rail bridge has been a tradition. However, organisations such as KiwiRail want the practice to end.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86034752/ending-the-bridge-jumping-tradition|title=Ending the bridge jumping tradition in Ngaruawahia|author=Kelsey Wilkie |publisher=Stuff|date=4 November 2016}} Retrieved November 2016

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Hopuhopu is {{Convert|5|km|abbr=on}} north of Ngāruawāhia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.waikatotainui.ac.nz/?id=158|title=Waikato-Tainui College : Our Location|website=www.waikatotainui.ac.nz|access-date=2017-06-29}} From 1853{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19211124.2.60|title=MAORI SCHOOL LAND. (Auckland Star, 1921-11-24)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}} Hopuhopu had a boys' mission school, which lost most of its pupils in 1862{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1862-I.2.1.6.4|title=NATIVE SCHOOLS. REPORTS OF INSPECTORS. (Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1862-01-01)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}} and, by 1863, was reported as in disrepair.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18631224.2.33|title=Parliamentary papers. (New Zealander, 1863-12-24)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}} The mission house burnt down in 1886.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18860410.2.20|title=THE BURNING OF THE MISSION STATION AT HOPUHOPU. (New Zealand Herald, 1886-04-10)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}} An army camp was built on the mission site in the 1920s,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19250408.2.62|title=GREAT MILITARY CAMP. (Auckland Star, 1925-04-08)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}} including its own water supply, ammunition dumps and a railway siding.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19250831.2.38|title=NGARUAWAHIA CAMP. (New Zealand Herald, 1925-08-31)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-06-29}} A 1925 photograph showed only one building and many tents,{{Cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/244703|title=CAMP OF THE FIRST BATTALION OF THE WAIKATO REGIMENT NEAR NGARUAWAHIA|date=19 February 1925|website=Kura Heritage Collections Online (Auckland Council Libraries)|access-date=2024-04-17}} but a 1955 aerial photo showed the extent of building,{{Cite web|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23526397|title=Hopuhopu Military Camp on the banks of the Waikato River with training grounds, barracks, residential housing and rugby field, farmland beyond|date=5 Apr 1955|website=Alexander Turnbull Library}} which was largely complete by 1927.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1927/I/1963|title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. K. S. WILLIAMS, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS).|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}} In 1993 the camp was returned to Waikato-Tainui, who converted it to their headquarters and Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development.{{Cite web|url=https://wdcsitefinity.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity-storage/docs/default-source/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/plans/structure-plans/final-ngaruawahia-structure-plan-march-2017.pdf?sfvrsn=4|title=Ngaaruawaahia, Hopuhopu, Taupiri, Horotiu, Te Kowhai & Glen Massey Structure Plan|date=March 2017|website=Waikato District Council}}

Ngaruawahia High School is the town's co-educational state secondary school,{{cite web |title=Ngaruawahia High School Official School Website |url=http://www.ngaruawahiahigh.school.nz |website=ngaruawahiahigh.school.nz}}{{cite web |title=Ngaruawahia High School Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=127 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|127|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.{{cite web |title=Ngaruawahia High School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=127 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} The school opened in 1963.{{cite book|url=https://www.ngaruawahiahigh.org.nz/media//1990/1990-history-book-by-barbara-pratt.pdf|title=Ngaruawahia High School 1963–1990|first=Barbara|last=Pratt|year=1990}}

The town has two English-language state primary schools: Ngaruawahia School,{{cite web |title=Ngaruawahia School Official School Website |url=https://www.ngaruawahia.school.nz |website=ngaruawahia.school.nz}}{{cite web |title=Ngaruawahia School Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=1849 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1849|y}};{{cite web |title=Ngaruawahia School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=1849 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} and Waipa School,{{cite web |title=Waipa School Official School Website |url=http://www.waipa.school.nz |website=waipa.school.nz |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819092149/http://www.waipa.school.nz/ |archive-date=19 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Waipa School Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=2064 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2064|y}}.{{cite web |title=Waipa School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2064 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} Ngaruawahia School opened in 1886, with origins from 1869,{{cite web|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21865680|title=Ngaruawahia Primary, 125, 1869 to 1994 [catalog entry]|publisher=National Library of New Zealand|access-date=18 March 2025}} and Waipa School opened in 1957.{{cite web|url=https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/docs/default-source/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/plans/district-plan-review/section-32-reports/historic-heritage/appendix-10-4-1-6-historic-overview---6-ngaruawahia.pdf|title=Historic Overview - Ngaruawahia & District|publisher=Waikato District Council|pp=162–163}}

St Paul's Catholic School is a co-educational state-integrated primary school,{{cite web |title=St Paul's Catholic School Official School Website |url=http://www.stpaulsnga.school.nz |website=stpaulsnga.school.nz}}{{cite web |title=St Paul's Catholic School Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=1963 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1963|y}}.{{cite web |title=St Paul's Catholic School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=1963 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} St Paul's opened in 1928.

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Bernard Fergusson is a co-educational Māori-language state primary school,{{cite web |title=Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Bernard Fergusson Official School Website |url=http://www.bernardfergusson.school.nz |website=bernardfergusson.school.nz}}{{cite web |title=Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Bernard Fergusson Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=1696 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1696|y}}.{{cite web |title=Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Bernard Fergusson Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=1696 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} It opened as Bernard Fergusson School in 1965.

• Kelvin Cruickshank, television personality[http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/85901382/kelvin-cruickshank-sensing-murder-im-sensing-comedy Kelvin Cruickshank is Sensing Murder? I'm sensing comedy]
• Martin Donnelly, cricketer
• Shaun Kenny-Dowall, rugby league player
• Inia Te Wiata, operatic singer and traditional carver
• Richard Tomlinson, MI6 officer
• Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, rugby league player
• Allan Wilson, biochemist

• Ngaruawahia Railway Station
• Glen Massey Line

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• [https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/307234 1861 drawing]
• Auckland Weekly News photo – [https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/240428 road and rail bridges in 1922]
• [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1926/I/1674 1926 photos of Hophopu]
• [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1936/I/1467 Photo of 1936 tar sealing of Great South Rd]
• Whites Aviation Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library photos of Waikato river bridges [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30663964 1946] and [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30653661 1947]

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