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Story: Roads

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Early roads

  3. Why roads were built

  4. Building roads

  5. Traffic on the roads

  6. Funding road construction

  7. Centralised road funding

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Early roads

‘Landing of passengers at Port Lyttelton’

‘Landing of passengers at Port Lyttelton’

Māori tracks and state highway routes, South Island

Māori tracks and state highway routes, South Island

Auckland map, 1842

Auckland map, 1842

Māori road workers

Māori road workers

Soldiers building roads

Soldiers building roads

From page 2 - Why roads were built

Arthur’s Pass

Arthur’s Pass (1st of 2)

Arthur’s Pass sign

Arthur’s Pass sign (2nd of 2)

Haast Pass road

Haast Pass road

Travel map, 1896

Travel map, 1896

From page 3 - Building roads

Surveyor in the North Island, 1885

Surveyor in the North Island, 1885

Horse-drawn grader

Horse-drawn grader (1st of 3)

Road construction

Road construction (2nd of 3)

Breaking rocks

Breaking rocks (3rd of 3)

City streets

City streets

Road sealing

Road sealing

Closing the gap

Closing the gap

From page 4 - Traffic on the roads

Broken axle

Broken axle

Stuck in the mud

Stuck in the mud

Depression road works

Depression road works

Motorway protest

Motorway protest

From page 5 - Funding road construction

Why don't you mend the roads

Why don't you mend the roads

Taranaki toll gate

Taranaki toll gate

Lyttelton road tunnel toll gates

Lyttelton road tunnel toll gates

Northern Gateway Toll Road

Northern Gateway Toll Road

From page 6 - Centralised road funding

Petrol tax

Petrol tax

Johnsonville motorway

Johnsonville motorway

‘Little Sydney’s rush hour traffic’

‘Little Sydney’s rush hour traffic’

State-highway network

State-highway network

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/roads/media (accessed 23 April 2021)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 11 Mar 2010, updated 1 Mar 2016

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