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Kōrero: Modern mapping and surveying

First topographical map of Hawke’s Bay

This 1939 map of Hawke’s Bay was the first in the New Zealand Map Series 1 (NZMS1), published at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile. The series covered all of New Zealand with highly detailed topographical maps based on aerial photography. It was finally completed in 1976.

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Melanie Lovell-Smith, Modern mapping and surveying – Aerial photography and maps, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/18907/first-topographical-map-of-hawkes-bay (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Melanie Lovell-Smith, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2018.