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  • Vertical Seawalls with concrete louvred screens - March 2025
  • Tide pool installation - February 2025
  • Kiwirail traction station - December 2024
  • Sheet piling work - December 2024
  • Central to Pito-One connection
  • Construction at Ngā Ūranga
  • Drone shots - August 2024
  • Te Ara Tupua reef enhancement placement - June 2024
  • Drone shots - June 2024
  • Ministers and media site visit - 3 April 2024
  • Bridge piling works - April 2024
  • Drone shots - March 2024
  • Waimarino opening - 24 February 2024
  • Te Ara Tupua reef enhancement initiative - February 2024
  • Drone shots - December 2023
  • Site photos - November 2023
  • Drone shots - October 2023
  • Drone shots July - August 2023
  • Xbloc trial drone shots - June 2023
  • Honiana Te Puni Reserve drone shots - April 2023
  • Design visualisations (Note: work in progress) - March 2023
  • Indicative cross-sections - March 2023
  • Te Hura a Tai event - March 2023
  • Installation of Tāwharau pods - December 2022
  • Interim Alliance Agreement signing - July 2021
  • Concept drawings for the Pito-One to Melling section

Vertical Seawalls with concrete louvred screens - March 2025

Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
Vertical seawalls with concrete louvred screens
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Tide pool installation - February 2025

Tide pool installation
Tide pool installation
Tide pool installation
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Kiwirail traction station - December 2024

KR Traction Dec (6)
KR Traction Dec (3)
KR Traction Dec (8)
KR Traction Dec (7)
KR Traction Dec (5)
KR Traction Dec (4)
KR Traction Dec (2)
KR Traction Dec (1)
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Sheet piling work - December 2024

Sheet Piling work December 2024 (2)
Sheet Piling work December 2024 (1)
Sheet Piling work December 2024 (3)
Sheet Piling work December 2024 (4)
Sheet Piling work December 2024 (5)
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Central to Pito-One connection

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Construction at Ngā Ūranga

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Drone shots - August 2024

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Te Ara Tupua reef enhancement placement - June 2024

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Drone shots - June 2024

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Ministers and media site visit - 3 April 2024

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Bridge piling works - April 2024

Pile being lowered
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Drone shots - March 2024

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Waimarino opening - 24 February 2024

Waimarino blessing
Waimarino blessing
Waimarino blessing
Rowing and water ski club blessing and opening
Star Boating Club
Members of Puharikiriki o Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui
Members of Puharikiriki o Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui lead the blessing of Waimarino
Members of Puharikiriki o Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui in front of iwi artist Len Hetet's design
Rowing and water ski club blessing and opening
Te Herenga Whenua, Te Herenga Tangata, Te Herenga Tupuna – bound to the land, bound to the people, bound to our ancestors
Alliance Project Team
George Tuffin; Wellington Rowing Association Director and Lee Hunter of Puharikiriki o Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui reveal the name Waimarino for the clubs building
Ali Houpapa Cultural Advisor and member of Puharikiriki o Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui
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Te Ara Tupua reef enhancement initiative - February 2024

Location at Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One section of Te Ara Tupua
Silver trevally
Stage 1: Reef units shortly after being placed – growth is just beginning
View of the reef pryramid at Horokiwi
Sea floor and pyramid
Stage 3: Reef units with five years of growth
Stage 2: Reef units with growth expected after approximately 2.5 years
Waka ama
Triplefin butterfish wrasse
Aerial view
Giant kelp
Crypt space
Crustaceans
Green lipped mussels
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Drone shots - December 2023

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Site photos - November 2023

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Drone shots - October 2023

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Drone shots July - August 2023

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Xbloc trial drone shots - June 2023

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Honiana Te Puni Reserve drone shots - April 2023

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Design visualisations (Note: work in progress) - March 2023

Path markings work in progress - Ūranga overview
Path markings work in progress - path view
Bridge work in progress - Tauihu Lookout
Bridge work in progress - Tauihu Front
Ecological louvered screen
Rock embankment
Seawall at Horokiwi
Xbloc embankment
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Indicative cross-sections - March 2023

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Te Hura a Tai event - March 2023

Mana Whenua Steering Group members, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency CEO Nicole Rosie, Minister of Transport Michael Wood, and Mayors, MPs
Mana whenua, Waka Kotahi CEO Nicole Rosie, Minister of Transport Michael Wood and invited guests, Te Hura a Tai, March 16, 2023
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Installation of Tāwharau pods - December 2022

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Interim Alliance Agreement signing - July 2021

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Concept drawings for the Pito-One to Melling section

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