This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.
Links
- The North Island main trunk line (NZHistory.net.nz)
- Railway stations (NZHistory.net.nz)
- Railways (Te Ara)
- Read the New Zealand Railways Magazine (1926-40) online - NZ Electronic Text Centre
- Taieri Gorge Railway – Dunedin-based tourist train, operating from the historic railway station
- Kiwirail Scenic – New Zealand’s inter-region rail passenger company, operating the Northern Explorer, TranzAlpine and Coastal Pacific services
- All Aboard! The Ernie Webber Railway Collection (an online exhibition from the University of Otago Library)
Books
- Neill Atkinson, Trainland: how railways made New Zealand, Random House, Auckland, 2007
- Margaret McClure, The wonder country: making New Zealand tourism, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2004
- Hamish Thompson, Paste up: a century of New Zealand poster art, Godwit, Auckland, 2003