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Kōrero: Roads

Breaking rocks

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Breaking rocks

Workers break large rocks into smaller pieces using sledgehammers. The cart in the background is delivering the large rocks to the road surface ahead. The crushed rock formed the road’s foundation. It was slow, hard work.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)

Reference: F-1572-10x8

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Roads – Building roads, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23303/breaking-rocks (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010, updated 1 March 2016.