In his speech introducing the Scenery Preservation Bill, Premier Seddon was nostalgic about his first views of the Buller Gorge in the 1870s. Scenic reserves were established in the Upper and Lower Buller Gorge in 1907, and these have been added to since that time.
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One hundred years of scenery preservation
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RELATED TO EARLY TRAVEL IN BULLER GORGE
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21 December 1971
Full steam ahead for Kingston Flyer
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25 October 1971
End of the line for steam railways
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15 September 1976
Lyttelton–Wellington ferry service ends
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2 July 1938
Electric trains come to Wellington
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6 July 1923
Main trunk express train disaster
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30 July 1979
Carless days introduced
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7 August 1908
First train runs length of main trunk line
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11 August 1962
Picton ferry Aramoana enters service
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21 August 1958
Auckland pedestrians begin 'Barnes Dance'
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24 August 1878
Wellington steam-tram service opened
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11 October 1861
First Cobb & Co. coach service runs to Otago goldfields
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2 May 1964
NZ's last electric tram trip
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30 May 1959
Auckland harbour bridge opened
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24 December 1953
Tangiwai railway disaster
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