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Karori tip

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Karori tip

This tip on the border of the Wellington suburbs of Karori and Northland was photographed around 1935. At the time it was known as the Chaytor Street tip.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-6407-08

by Edward Thomas Robson

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Christine Dann, Sewage, water and waste – Solid waste, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24452/karori-tip (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Christine Dann, published 12 April 2010.