Story: Building stone
Page 6. External links and sources
More links and websites
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Dunedin building stones and architectural heritage
A walking tour looking at different types of building stones used around Dunedin. This was originally a field trip during the 2003 conference of the Geological Society of New Zealand (PDF, 83.6 KB).
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Otago Polytechnic Website
Information on the one-year certificate in stone masonry at the Cromwell campus of Otago Polytechnic.
More suggestions and sources
- Hayward, B. W. Limestone and marble: a guide to building stones in New Zealand. Geological Society of New Zealand Guidebook 8, 1987.
- Marshall, Patrick. Building-stones of New Zealand. DSIR Bulletin 11, 1929.
- Maclean, Chris. For whom the bells toll: a history of the National War Memorial. Wellington: Heritage Group, Department of Internal Affairs, 1998.
- Maclean, Chris, and Jock Phillips. The sorrow and the pride: New Zealand war memorials. Wellington: GP Books, 1990.
- McLean, Gavin. Oamaru: history & heritage. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2002.
How to cite this page
Simon Nathan and Bruce Hayward, Building stone, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/11505/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Simon Nathan and Bruce Hayward, published 2 March 2009.