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Railways: Building the rail network

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Railways: Building the rail network
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Travel before rail Most of New Zealand’s early colonial settlements were built on the coast. European settlers, like Māori before them, relied on sea and river transport to link their isolated communities. Overland travel was often extremely difficult, especially in heavily ...

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New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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https://teara.govt.nz/en/railways/page-1
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christchurch / railways / southland / construction

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