Wekatahi Stream

Date: [ca 1915-1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0346-1/2-G

Description: View of Maori Creek surrounded by bush. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, probably during time he spent at Piha, 1915-1916. It is possibly a creek nearer Piha, but this is the only Maori Creek listed in LINZ that is in the North island. Original print from this negative available in Godber Album PA1-o-195 (Vol 101), page 12, with the caption 'Maori Creek'. Photograph amongst collection of images taken near the timber mill at Piha. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1087-1/2-G

Description: "A" 196 steam locomotive hauling kauri logs across Maori Creek (or Wekatahi Stream), near Piha. Wekatahi Stream was known as Maori Creek by timber millers working in the area. (See "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 52). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. Caption pasted to back of file print reads: A locomotive hauling kauri logs on the west coast of Auckland. Steam locomotive "A" 196 was originally built as steam locomotive "A" 62. It was built by Dubs & Co., Glasgow, Scotland, in 1873 (maker's no. 656/73), and went into service in New Zealand in January 1875. Transferred to New Zealand Railways Maintenance Branch in 1906, and was renumbered "A" 196 probably soon after the transfer. Shipped to Whatipu partlay dismantled, before being brought to Piha fro use on the Piha Tramway. See "Register of New Zealand Railways Locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G lloyd, and "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 53). Inscriptions: Album page - Crossing Maori Creek. 'A' loco no. 62. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches