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Kōrero: Building stone

Parkside quarry, Ōamaru

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This video clip shows how blocks of Oamaru stone are taken from the Parkside quarry. The stone is sawed into large cubes, then the blocks are detached and lifted with a front-end loader.

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Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, Building stone – Limestone and marble, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/8077/parkside-quarry-oamaru (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.