Seddonville Branch
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The Seddonville Branch, later truncated as the Ngākawau Branch, is a branch line railway in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Construction began in 1874 and it reached its terminus
Ngākawau about 1910
Mokihinui, on the south bank of the Mokihinui River
Hector and Ngakawau
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Hector and Ngakawau are two lightly populated settlements located at the mouth of the Ngākawau River in the West Coast region of New Zealand. Both settlements are situated on State Highway 67 between
Seddonville Branch
…Stockton plateaus high above the coastal plain and outcrops of sub-bituminous coal had been located at low level close to the rivers at Waimangaroa and Ngākawau. However, none of this coal could be accessed because of a lack of transport along the plain to the Buller River at Westport, which was large enough…
Ngākawau River mouth
Hector's Dolphins statue in Hector