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SS Hauiti on the Piako River

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SS <em>Hauiti</em> on the Piako River

The first bridge at Ngātea, on the Piako River, opened in 1917. In this photo its centre span raised to allow the SS Hauitito pass through.  

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Rufus E. Tye, The Hauraki Plains story. Paeroa: Thames Valley News Ltd, 1974, p. 35

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Transport and communications, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30490/ss-hauiti-on-the-piako-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.