Te Aute railway station#Opapa Broadcasting Station
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| name = Te Aute
| type = New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
regional rail
| image = Locomotive J 41 class train at Te Aute Station during a trial run from Napier to Waipukurau, 1887 (3588479878).jpg
| image_caption = Stereograph of NZR J class (1874) at Te Aute Station during a trial run from Napier to Waipukurau in 1887
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| coordinates = {{coord|-39.793|176.677|format=dms}}
| elevation = {{convert|28|m|abbr=on}}
| owned = KiwiRail
| line = Palmerston North–Gisborne Line
| distance = Palmerston North {{convert|138.38|km|abbr=on}}
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| opened = 16 February 1876
| closed = 27 September 1981
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| former = Opapa
14 September 1913 to 12 June 1997
Te Nahu 1912–1913
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File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg on Opapa bank in 2003]]
Opapa (or Te Aute) railway station is a preserved station on the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line in New Zealand's North Island that closed in 1981.Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012) It is in the Hastings District of Hawke's Bay, {{convert|23.56|km|abbr=on}} south of Hastings city,{{cite book|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|publisher=Quail Map Co.|year=1965|edition=First|pages=3 & 4}} in a census meshblock with a population of only 222 in 2018.{{Cite web|title=SA1 {{!}} Census {{!}} 2018 {{!}} SA1 Dataset {{!}} GIS Map Data |url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/category/census/2018/sa1-dataset/sa1/?s=a |access-date=15 July 2021|website=datafinder.stats.govt.nz}}
Te Aute is unusual in three respects:
- It is one of less than 40 wooden stations remaining on their original sites.{{Cite web|title=The changing rail landscape|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/railway-stations/changing-landscape|access-date=15 July 2021|website=nzhistory.govt.nz|language=en}}
- In 1898 it was one of only 18 stations with a refreshment room.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Station Archive |url=http://railheritage.org.nz/assets/Station_Archive_4web.xls |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 August 2020|website=NZR Rolling Stock Lists|language=en}}
- An official name change restored its original name of Te Aute,{{Cite web|title=NZGB Gazetteer |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/50535 |access-date=15 July 2021|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz}} after being known as Opapa from 14 September 1913 to 12 June 1997.
Nearby the railway climbs a steep bank and there is a radio mast, an old shop and a lake.
History
= Name =
There has been some confusion around the name of Te Aute. On 8 December 1912 the name of the next station, Pukehou, was changed to Te Aute (Te Aute College is near Pukehou){{Cite web|title=Contact|url=https://teaute.maori.nz/contact|access-date=2021-07-18|website=TE AUTE COLLEGE|language=en-US}} and Te Aute was changed to Te Nahu. Then, on 14 September 1913 the name was changed to Opapa and Pukehou reverted to its original name. It was reported in 1915 that the new name was still not popular, as it had been defaced 9 times.{{Cite web|date=24 July 1915|title=WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19150724.2.5|access-date=16 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} From the 1930s the address 'Te Aute, Opapa' was sometimes used.{{Cite web|date=6 May 1931|title=WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19310506.2.25.4|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
= Construction and alterations =
Te Aute station was first built between 1874 and 1876. It was part of the Paki Paki to Waipukurau contract, tendered on 15 July 1874 for £19,532 by Charles McKirdy, of Wellington, who built the Rimutaka Incline and several other lines.{{Cite web|title=Mr. A. Brogden's letter of 8th August, 1881. Statement showing the Works Tendered for by Public Competition by Messrs. John Brogden and Sons, and the Difference between their Tenders and the Prices at which the Work was let.|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1881/I/2332|access-date=16 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} A local contractor tendered £29,173.{{Cite web|date=31 July 1874|title=NEW ZEALAND NEWS. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18740731.2.3|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} There were allegations of mismanagement{{Cite web|date=2 March 1876|title=General Government Mismanagement. CLUTHA LEADER|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CL18760302.2.23|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and disputes about the contracts.{{Cite web|date=26 May 1876|title=NAPIER. EVENING POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18760526.2.11.1|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} However, in 1876, the Minister for Public Works, Edward Richardson, attributed delays only to unexpectedly heavy land claims and floods. S Tracey and Allen, of Napier, tendered £7,989 for track for the Paki Paki-Waipawa length in September 1875.{{Cite web|date=17 September 1875|title=NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18750917.2.9|access-date=16 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Te Aute station was tendered on 12 April 1875, the platform on 17 May and the goods shed on 25 August. Joseph Sowrey got the £195 contract to build the station on 30 August and completed it by 29 October, the £485, {{convert|40|ft|abbr=on}} x {{convert|30|ft|abbr=on}} goods shed by 14 February 1876 and a water tank by 26 May 1876. McLeod & Co built a 5th class stationmaster's house and loading platform by 26 October 1875.{{Cite web|title=SCHEDULE of CONTRACTS for the CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS under " The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," from 1st July, 1875, to 30th June, 1876.|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1876/I/1066|access-date=2021-07-21|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} There was a Post Office at the station from 1885 to 1949, with a telephone from 1914.
On 10 October 1895 a fire started in the refreshment rooms{{Cite web|date=10 October 1895|title=FIRE AT TE AUTE. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM18951010.2.9|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and burnt down the station,{{Cite web|date=24 October 1895|title=Magistrate's Court. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM18951024.2.8|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} but just 6 days later authority was given for a new station. By 1896 Te Aute had a 5th class station, platform, cart approach, loading bank, cattle and sheep yards, fixed signals, stationmaster's house, urinals and a passing loop for 36 wagons. In 1912 an automatic tablet exchanger was added. Railway houses were built in 1926, 1934, 1938 and 1948. In the 1931 earthquake the station was described as badly wrecked.{{Cite web|date=4 February 1931|title=Appalling Scenes in Hastings. HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19310204.2.55|access-date=17 July 2021|newspaper=Horowhenua Chronicle|page=8}} Electric lighting came in 1940.{{Cite journal|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. D. G. SULLIVAN). APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1940|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1940-I.2.2.3.2|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
= Refreshment rooms =
Refreshment rooms were added in 1878. In 1882 the station was described as, "utterly miserable and inadequate both in regards office and waiting accommodation, the telegraph wants accommodation, and the refreshment building unsuitable, does not belong to Department, and the owners ask too much for it". Some buildings were moved from Hastings in 1883, but not a refreshment room. In 1885 the refreshment room licensee raised the roof and made improvements. From 22 March 1887 trains stopped for at least 5 minutes at Te Aute.{{Cite web|date=29 March 1887|title=HAWKE'S BAY HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18870329.2.17.5|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Complaints were made in 1896 that trains didn't stop long enough for refreshments.{{Cite web|date=16 January 1896|title=AUSTRALASIA'S NAVAL DEFENCE. HAWKE'S BAY HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18960116.2.9|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} In 1889 £175 was spent to add a ladies room.{{Cite web|date=16 November 1895|title=WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM18951116.2.7|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
In November 1895 £45 was approved for erecting railway-owned refreshment rooms to replace the burnt ones. From then on they were let by 3-yearly tenders,{{Cite web|date=21 November 1895|title=HAWKE'S BAY HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18951121.2.32.2|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} until at least 1912.{{Cite web|date=4 March 1912|title=WOODVILLE EXAMINER|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX19120304.2.21.3|access-date=15 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} A 2010 guide said the rooms were open from 1897 to 1945.{{Cite web|date=2010|title=Heritage Trails Middle Road – Poukawa Valley|url=https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/assets/Document-Library/Heritage-Trails/Middle-Road-Poukawa-Valley-Tukituki-River.pdf|website=Hastings District Council}} The refreshment rooms were at the north end of the platform, separate from the main building. Aerial photos indicate that the rooms were demolished between 1965{{Cite web|date=2 April 1965|title=Survey: SN1655 Run: 3828 Photo: 13|url=https://files.interpret.co.nz/Retrolens/Imagery/SN1655/Crown_1655_3828_13/High.jpg|website=Retrolens}} and 1972.{{Cite web|date=12 September 1972|title=Survey: SN3577 Run: 4721 Photo: 22|url=https://files.interpret.co.nz/Retrolens/Imagery/SN3577/Crown_3577_4721_22/High.jpg|website=Retrolens}}
= Services =
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Initially Te Aute was a temporary terminus, {{convert|28|mi|abbr=on}} from Spit. It isn't clear when the extension from Paki Paki opened. It may have been 11, or 12 February,{{Cite web|date=1987|title=Napier-Palmerston North Railway|url=https://knowledgebank.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/node/440429/master/HBRailwayPapers541.pdf}} though Parliament was told opening was on 16 February 1876.{{Cite web|date=1876|title=APPENDIX D. REPORT ON CONSTRUCTED RAILWAYS BY THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER.|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1876/I/1041|access-date=2021-07-21|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Whichever, it seems the passenger trains still ran only to Paki Paki, at least until late March 1876{{Cite web|date=25 March 1876|title=NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. SATURDAY ADVERTISER|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SATADV18760325.2.44|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and Te Aute continued to be served by a mail coach, the horses being changed at Te Aute.{{Cite web|date=25 March 1875|title=A TRIP TO THE MANAWATU GORGE AND BACK. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18750325.2.18|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The train/coach journey from Napier to Wellington then took 2½ days.{{Cite web|date=29 May 1901|title=POVERTY BAY HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19010529.2.12|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Te Aute remained the terminus until Monday 28 August 1876, when the line was extended to Waipawa. Te Aute then had 3 trains a day in each direction,{{Cite web|date=21 April 1877|title=HAWKE'S BAY HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18770421.2.20.1|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} reduced to 2 in 1881{{Cite web|date=13 June 1881|title=DAILY TELEGRAPH|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18810613.2.9.1|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and back to 3 in 1883.{{Cite web|date=9 January 1883|title=DAILY TELEGRAPH|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18830109.2.2.2|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} From the opening of the link to Wellington in 1891, Te Aute had 4 trains a day in each direction,{{Cite web|date=26 March 1891|title=NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM18910326.2.21|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} which continued in 1896.{{Cite web|date=28 April 1896|title=RAILWAY TIME-TABLE. HASTINGS STANDARD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAST18960428.2.17|access-date=16 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Opapa featured in annual returns from 1895{{Cite web|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT. (2nd August, 1895.) BY THE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS, THE HON A.J. CADMAN|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1895-I.2.2.2.2|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} to 1918,{{Cite web|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT. BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. W. H. HERRIES. APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1918|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1918-I-II.2.1.5.4|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} when it lost its officered station status.{{Cite web|date=16 March 1918|title=HASTINGS STANDARD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAST19180316.2.2.4|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} For example, in 1917 Opapa issued 3,077 tickets and loaded 69,137 sheep.{{Cite web|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, THE HON. W. H. HERRIES. RETURN No. 12 —Statement of Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1917|url=https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/imageserver/imageserver.pl?oid=AJHR1917-I.1.1124&ext=png}}
= Closure and restoration =
The station closed to passengers in about 1966 and the goods yard was lifted in 1981.{{Cite web|date=20 October 2020|title=Stations – NZR Rolling Stock Lists|url=http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com/stations.html|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150010/http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com/stations.html|archive-date=20 October 2020}} Tablet control ended in 1991.
In 1994 a few people started restoring the station and, in 1996, formed Friends of Opapa Railway Station Incorporated Society. The Society re-piled the station in 1998 and replaced fascias, gutters, wall boards and toilets in 1999,{{Cite web|title=Opapa Station History|url=http://www.geocities.ws/opaparail/history.html|access-date=15 July 2021|website=www.geocities.ws}} but was dissolved in 2004.{{Cite web|title=Dissolution of Incorporated Societies – 2004|url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2004-is3879|access-date=15 July 2021|website=gazette.govt.nz}} Opapa Railway Heritage Trust had replaced it in 2015.{{Cite web|title=THE LION FOUNDATION COMMUNITY GRANTS APRIL 2014–MARCH 2015|url=https://lionfoundation.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2015-Annual-Grants-List.pdf}}
= Te Aute bank =
Te Aute has a 1 in 46 gradient to the south of it,{{Cite web|date=25 October 1996|title=Report 96 – 116 Train B02 loss of gangway near Opapa|url=https://www.taic.org.nz/sites/default/files/inquiry/documents/96-116.pdf|website=TAIC}} Pukehou being {{convert|51|m|abbr=on}} higher than Te Aute. To give trains a faster run at the bank, the curve at its foot was eased from {{convert|10|ch|m|abbr=on}} to {{convert|21|ch|m|abbr=on}} in 1938.{{Cite web|date=26 April 1938|title=RAIL DEVIATIONS. PAHIATUA HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PAHH19380426.2.63|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
Incidents
- On 22 September 1925, three people were killed in the derailment of a Wellington to Napier express train on Opapa bank. The express was hauled by A Class 600,{{Cite web|date=28 Jun 1926|title=READY FOR THE TRACK. MANAWATU STANDARD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19260628.2.94|access-date=2021-07-18|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} derailed {{Cite web|date=6 August 1926|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT. NELSON EVENING MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19260806.2.65|access-date=15 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} in a shallow cutting.{{Cite web|title=Train Derailment at Opapa 1925|url=https://knowledgebank.org.nz/still_image/train-derailment-at-opapa-1925/|access-date=16 July 2021|website=knowledgebank.org.nz|language=en-NZ}} It was found to have been exceeding the {{convert|25|mph|abbr=on}} speed limit on a {{convert|7|ch|m|abbr=on}} bend. The Commission of Inquiry recommended that gas lighting be replaced by electric on express trains, as the Pintsch gas had set fire to 5 of the derailed coaches.{{Cite web|date=15 May 1926|title=RECENT TRAIN DISASTER. MANAWATU STANDARD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19260515.2.102|access-date=2021-07-18|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The conversion of lighting was said to be speeding up,{{Cite web|date=21 May 1926|title=RAILWAY CARRIAGE LIGHTING. EVENING STAR|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19260521.2.58|access-date=2021-07-18|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} but conversion from Pintsch to coal gas was made as late as 1932.{{Cite web|date=5 Apr 1932|title=A RAILWAYS ECONOMY. NORTHERN ADVOCATE|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19320405.2.17|access-date=2021-07-18|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}{{Cite web|date=1926|title=AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1926 Session I — D-02 RAILWAYS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, THE RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES.|url=https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1926-I.2.2.2.2|access-date=15 July 2021|website=atojs.natlib.govt.nz|language=en-NZ}} The driver was imprisoned for 2 years for manslaughter.{{Cite web|date=1 March 1926|title=TWO YEARS' GAOL. HAWERA STAR|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19260301.2.44|access-date=16 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} A freight train had come off the line at the same spot{{Cite web|date=23 September 1925|title=Railway Disaster. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19250923.2.25|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} on 21 February 1920, derailing 10 wagons{{Cite web|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, RIGHT HON. W. F. MASSEY. APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1920|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1920-I.2.1.5.2|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and killing about 200 sheep.{{Cite web|date=23 February 1920|title=The Railway Smash. HASTINGS STANDARD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAST19200223.2.47|access-date=16 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
On 25 October 1996 a gangway fell off from between the coaches of a Steam Incorporated excursion, whilst descending the bank.
Top Opapa/Te Aute Grade Siding
Top Te Aute Grade Siding opened about June 1877 and was closed by 1993. It too had a name change on 14 September 1913 to Top Te Opapa Grade Siding. The siding was at the top of the 1 in 46 gradient, {{convert|3.25|km|abbr=on}} south of Te Aute. An interlocking tablet was installed in 1923.{{Cite web|title=RAILWAYS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. J. G. COATES. APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1923|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/AJHR1923-I-II.2.1.5.2|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
Te Aute Store
About {{convert|1.6|km|abbr=on}} to the south, beside SH2, Te Aute Store was in business from 1858 to 1982. It was registered as a Category I 'Historic Place' with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on 28 June 1990, who suggest it may have been the longest continuing single business in a wooden building in the country.{{Cite web|title=Search the List {{!}} Te Aute Store (Former)|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4411|access-date=16 July 2021|website=www.heritage.org.nz}} However, that assessment doesn't mention that a store next to Te Aute Hotel burnt down in 1883.{{Cite web|date=11 August 1883|title=HAWKE'S BAY HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18830811.2.7|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The Hotel burnt down in 1880{{Cite web|date=26 November 1880|title=TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. NEW ZEALAND TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18801126.2.12|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and 1936,{{Cite web|date=27 January 1936|title=EARLY MORNING BLAZE. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19360127.2.32|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} when the current hotel was rebuilt.{{Cite web|date=24 July 1936|title=PASSING NOTES. Waipawa Mail|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19360724.2.7|access-date=18 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
Opapa Broadcasting Station
Also to the south, a {{convert|600|ft|abbr=on}} high radio transmitter and Art Deco broadcasting station were built in 1938.{{Cite web|date=18 March 1938|title=BROADCASTING STATION. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19380318.2.16|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} 2YH began broadcasting on 17 November 1938{{Cite web|date=18 November 1938|title=OVER THE AERIAL. AUCKLAND STAR|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19381118.2.176|access-date=17 July 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and became 2YZ in 1948.{{Cite web|date=22 August 2018|title=Historic NZ Radio Stations|url=https://nzvrs.com/nz-am-radio-stations/|access-date=17 July 2021|website=New Zealand Vintage Radio Society|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Head Office. Engineering Section :Offices & studios, Napier. 1958.|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22839522|access-date=17 July 2021|website=National Library of New Zealand|language=en}} The manager's house{{Cite web|title=Radio Aerials|url=https://knowledgebank.org.nz/still_image/radio-aerials/|access-date=17 July 2021|website=knowledgebank.org.nz|language=en-NZ}} has gone, but the aerials and hall remain.{{Cite web|date=Jul 2020|title=2179 State Hwy 2|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.7971348,176.6722105,3a,61.3y,87.39h,97.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf0U-TckUK2P6CM5Ax7F6_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=17 July 2021|website=Google Maps|language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23252747 1887 photo]
- [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22677198 around 1900 photo of Te Rotookiwa and railway]
- [https://www.facebook.com/OrmondvilleRailPreservationGroup/photos/this-is-an-undated-trademe-purchase-from-a-set-of-photos-that-apparently-origina/3391022127582362/ Photo of two railcars at Opapa]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrj5AG6u_d8 2013 video of freight train passing through station]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajecaldwell/13933038113 2014 photo of station and platform]
- [https://www.fronz.org.nz/sites/default/files/FRONZ_Journal_153_April_2016_0.pdf 2016 photos of trains at the station]
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@-39.79235,176.6770888,3a,15y,73.69h,87.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZsmNavzBv7Z3KW9kDBzTeQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Google Street View of station in July 2020]
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