The Remutaka Range is the southernmost range of a mountain chain in the lower North Island of New Zealand. The chain continues north into the Tararua, then Ruahine Ranges, running parallel with the ea
Mount Matthews, 940 metres, seen from Kelburn, Wellington
State Highway 2 (Rimutaka Hill Road) seen from near the top of the pass 555 metres (1,821 ft)
World War I soldiers resting at the top of the Rimutaka hill road. On completing training at Featherston they marched over the hill to Wellington to board ship for France's trenches.
Abbots Creek toll-bridge on the Rimutaka road in 1875
The Wairarapa is an unofficial region of New Zealand located in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Palmerston North. The Wairar
Remutaka Range
…a tourist and historical attraction. The first road that crossed the Rimutakas opened in 1857, opening up a new connection between Wellington and the Wairarapa. During World War I over 30,000 New Zealand soldiers marched between military camps at Trentham, Upper Hutt and Featherston via the Rimutaka Hill Road…
The view of the Wairarapa from Mt Dick, Carterton