Kōrero: Railways
Whārangi 12. Hononga, rauemi nō waho
Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
KiwiRail
The website of New Zealand’s government-owned rail and ferry operator.
Living Heritage – Johnsonville railway
This exhibition by Raroa Intermediate school pupils provides an interesting account of the Johnsonville railway.
Locomotives in New Zealand
A Wikipedia page on New Zealand locomotives.
New Zealand Historic Places Trust – register
The Historic Places Trust’s online register contains information on many New Zealand railway stations, tunnels, viaducts and other historic structures.
NZ History
The NZ History website includes features on the North Island main trunk line, rail tourism, railway stations, railway songs and the Tangiwai railway disaster.
New Zealand Locomotives
Photos of locomotives, on the TrainWeb site.
Rail New Zealand
Information about and bookings for New Zealand trains.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
- Atkinson, Neill. Trainland: how railways made New Zealand. Auckland: Random House, 2007.
- Bromby, Robin. Rails that built a nation: an encyclopedia of New Zealand railways. Wellington: Grantham House, 2003.
- Churchman, Geoffrey, and Tony Hurst. The railways of New Zealand: a journey through history. Wellington: Transpress, 2001.
- Leitch, David, and Bob Stott. New Zealand railways: the first 125 years. Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1988.
- McQueen, Euan. Rails in the hinterland: New Zealand’s vanishing railway landscape. Wellington: Grantham House, 2005.
- Pierre, Bill. North Island main trunk: an illustrated history. Wellington: Reed, 1981.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Neill Atkinson, Railways, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/98629/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
He kōrero nā Neill Atkinson, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.