Te Huarahi Matua Kotahi Rautau

29 Huarahi Matua 1, Paekākāriki

He mea whakatūwhera te Huarahi Matua Kotahi Rautau i te 4 o Nōema 1939. Ko tōna roanga mai i te Apiti o Ngauranga ki te pito tonga rānō o Paekākāriki, ā, i hangaia hei huarahi kē ki te Rori o te Hiwi o Paekākāriki.

Ahakoa nō te rohe tonu te nuinga o ngā kaimahi o te rori, i whakatūngia hoki he puni Mahi Tūmatanui. Ko tētehi ki Plimmerton ki te taha rāwhiti o te raina rerewhenua me tētehi ki Taua Tapu, e tata ana ki te Rori o Airlie. I riro nā ngā kaimahi o aua puni rā te kawenga nui mō te hanga i te rori e rere ana i te taha o Taupo Swamp, i Pukerua Bay, ā, i taha o te takutai ki Paekākāriki. He mea hanga hoki mō tēnei kaupapa tētehi pātū moana takutai kotahi maero te roa. E rua ngā wero nui; te keri iho ki te 20 pūtu kia tae atu ki te papa totoka ki te taha o Taupo Swamp ka tahi, ka rua, ko te mahi i te takutai, ao noa, pō noa, ki te hanga i te pātū takutai. Ka mutu, he whakakī haere kia taea ai te hanga i tētehi atamira mō te rori. E toru rā ki te whakaoti i tēnei mahi uaua.

The man in the foreground is thought to be JR McLauchlan, the contractor whose truck is seen on the right. Behind him are Joe Ropata, Reg Fielding and Fred Strand putting "chips" on the road surface for Centennial Highway, 1939. HP 1091 J Beattie Collecti

Caterpillar diesel bulldozer surrounded by a work gang, Centennial Highway, Paekākāriki, 1939 Hp 1031, J Beattie Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries

Crowds at official opening of Centennial Highway, 1939

Laying drainage system at Centennial Highway Pukerua Bay 1938

A section of the seawall boxing, each section was 8 feet wide at the base and 32 feet long. Centennial Highway, Paekākāriki, 1938 Hp 1015, J Beattie Collection, Kāpiti Coast district Libraries

Work gang involved in constructing Centennial Highway, near Pukerua Bay, in 1938. Waterfall drainage systems were laid to prevent the highway from flooding Hp 1021, J Beattie Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries