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Cutting a new road, Paringa-Haast section.ca.1960`s. - ALBUM -
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DescriptionPhoto 1: Doesn`t rain here!
Photo 2:..and youre gotta use enough gun!
Photo 3:Carryalls and dozers.
Photo 4:Les McKenzie, centre.
Photo 5:To make omelettes you have got to break eggs!
Photo 6:Another survey party.
Photo 7:The Gaptent camp.
Photo 8:Cedar Flat, Dad and Roadman.
Photo 9:Paringa with Pete White.
Photo 10:Shaping up.
Photo 11:Logging my Rimu while I still can!
Photo 12:PM Holyoake.. Opening ceremony.
Photo 13:Pushing through.
Photo 14:Paringa -Haast Section ribbon.
Photo 15: Sunset.
Photo 16: Morning mist.
Photo 17: All scars healed.Date of Photo1960`sMap[1] ContributorAndy Grigg
Photo 2:..and youre gotta use enough gun!
Photo 3:Carryalls and dozers.
Photo 4:Les McKenzie, centre.
Photo 5:To make omelettes you have got to break eggs!
Photo 6:Another survey party.
Photo 7:The Gaptent camp.
Photo 8:Cedar Flat, Dad and Roadman.
Photo 9:Paringa with Pete White.
Photo 10:Shaping up.
Photo 11:Logging my Rimu while I still can!
Photo 12:PM Holyoake.. Opening ceremony.
Photo 13:Pushing through.
Photo 14:Paringa -Haast Section ribbon.
Photo 15: Sunset.
Photo 16: Morning mist.
Photo 17: All scars healed.Date of Photo1960`sMap[1] ContributorAndy Grigg
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Location (city or town)ParingaHaastLandmark (Place) Paringa-Haast sectionStoryCutting a new road, Paringa-Haast section
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Date Created1st April 2020CommentsPhyllis Aberhart Good old MK 3
Trevor Keith Scott I love the Alps, specially from the Coast Side! Fantastic sight like going through Kumara - Jacksons area!!
Graham Ngatuere And no one mentioned the old ..Mark 3 zephyr.....
Jim Kerr Great to see all the cut a d fill to make the road. Couple years later all overgrown again. Greenies go figure. Roads open area for the general public to enjoy.
Anne Honey I was just going to. Used to love mine its a nice looking zephyr.
Janenne Beaton Is the house still there ??
Les Bryce thats the moana - jacksons road at inchbonnie isn't it
Kevin Voigt That old road man is Mike moreoney road man lived in that hut 2 rms a great freind of mine a true Irish
John Sweeney Mick Maroney is the roadman at the Omoeroa River in this picture. Very colourful Irishman who later retired to Hokitika where he propped up the bar at the Southland Hotel most afternoons.Kevin Voigt I used to pu Mike in hokitika after been on bash ,in log trucks take him home to his hut , did this once went in to hut for drinks, 3 am it was he went into bed room out with paper bag bag told me that count it £ 25oo.o.o in it and hut wasn't even locked Mike did nttrust banks the hut &Mike long gone
Ron Hibbs Mick Maroney used to make regular trips to the Forks Hotel when my parents operated it in the 50’s
John Sweeney Ron Hibbs didn't we all Ron. We all had brewers constipation at that time . Couldn't pass a pub.
Liz Aratema Bo Smith says it was a hard corner to go around without stopping. Especially after sale day Anthea Keenan Amazing really from that to what we have today.. albeit a few slips..
Kevin Voigt Anthea Keenan still is
Donald Mathias Those blokes did an awesome job of putting in that road. We take it for granted today.
Heather Newby yes we do.. its almost super human what they did..like building the pyramids..lol
Donald Mathias beautiful cambered corners. I remember riding up from Haast to Franz Joseph in the mid seventies in 1hr 40 min on a 350. Was a great ride that fine day.
Joan Orchard I believe the Ferguson Bros built the road.
Doug Cunniffe Ferguson Bros built some parts of it there were others contracted to build other parts of the Paringa to Hasst section as well. I worked on the Maraki bluff section which was contracted to the Robinson Bros
Heather Newby Doug Cunniffe interesting
Wendy Dense Joan Orchard remember Dad, Mannix Neame working on this road
Yvonne Lawson Wendy Dense Neil’s brother Gary worked on it to.
Yvonne Lawson Doug Cunniffe were the Robinson Bros from Kumara Junction?
Brian Steele Priceless set of photos
Brian Gus Heveldt Those people who built a lot of the West Coast roads could still teach the Road Workers Of today a thing or two.I remember saying to my Wife Maureen a few weeks ago when we were going to Christchurch that where they are abseiling and doing all that rock work up past the Bealey,that Basil Piner would have done that Job in a fraction of the time that it has taken.He would have blown half the hill away and cleaned up and Job completed and today they would be still trying to get consents and complete the paper work.
Aaron Verks Send some old fellas up to transmission gully.. coz those ozzy Izzy twats aint ain’t got no clue
Frances McMillan Great photos.
Dianne Smith Put some of the scumbags breaking curfew out to do this hard manual work. They would be too tierd to go our
Therese McAra Looks like Ken’s old Zephyr.
Mike Rose I learnt to drive in Haast in that car. Bert passed the car onto my Dad who worked for Bert as the engineer in charge at Haast. Great photos Andy. Cheer
Michel Holmes Could be Len Holmes (surveyor) With his theodilite as he was involved in setting out the road
Warren Parkin
Does the Mk 3 belong to the ministry of works (MOW) ?
Mike Rose
Yes it did. Lovely hard plastic covered bench seats. Even two front seat belts. I used to practice parallel parking on the Haast Aerodrome. Plenty of room
Doreen Thomson Sorry to correct you the mans name was Mick Marooney I used to collect his mail for him at the Fox hotel and take it up to the foreman Fred Russell who would drop it off to him
Trevor Keith Scott I love the Alps, specially from the Coast Side! Fantastic sight like going through Kumara - Jacksons area!!
Graham Ngatuere And no one mentioned the old ..Mark 3 zephyr.....
Jim Kerr Great to see all the cut a d fill to make the road. Couple years later all overgrown again. Greenies go figure. Roads open area for the general public to enjoy.
Anne Honey I was just going to. Used to love mine its a nice looking zephyr.
Janenne Beaton Is the house still there ??
Les Bryce thats the moana - jacksons road at inchbonnie isn't it
Kevin Voigt That old road man is Mike moreoney road man lived in that hut 2 rms a great freind of mine a true Irish
John Sweeney Mick Maroney is the roadman at the Omoeroa River in this picture. Very colourful Irishman who later retired to Hokitika where he propped up the bar at the Southland Hotel most afternoons.Kevin Voigt I used to pu Mike in hokitika after been on bash ,in log trucks take him home to his hut , did this once went in to hut for drinks, 3 am it was he went into bed room out with paper bag bag told me that count it £ 25oo.o.o in it and hut wasn't even locked Mike did nttrust banks the hut &Mike long gone
Ron Hibbs Mick Maroney used to make regular trips to the Forks Hotel when my parents operated it in the 50’s
John Sweeney Ron Hibbs didn't we all Ron. We all had brewers constipation at that time . Couldn't pass a pub.
Liz Aratema Bo Smith says it was a hard corner to go around without stopping. Especially after sale day Anthea Keenan Amazing really from that to what we have today.. albeit a few slips..
Kevin Voigt Anthea Keenan still is
Donald Mathias Those blokes did an awesome job of putting in that road. We take it for granted today.
Heather Newby yes we do.. its almost super human what they did..like building the pyramids..lol
Donald Mathias beautiful cambered corners. I remember riding up from Haast to Franz Joseph in the mid seventies in 1hr 40 min on a 350. Was a great ride that fine day.
Joan Orchard I believe the Ferguson Bros built the road.
Doug Cunniffe Ferguson Bros built some parts of it there were others contracted to build other parts of the Paringa to Hasst section as well. I worked on the Maraki bluff section which was contracted to the Robinson Bros
Heather Newby Doug Cunniffe interesting
Wendy Dense Joan Orchard remember Dad, Mannix Neame working on this road
Yvonne Lawson Wendy Dense Neil’s brother Gary worked on it to.
Yvonne Lawson Doug Cunniffe were the Robinson Bros from Kumara Junction?
Brian Steele Priceless set of photos
Brian Gus Heveldt Those people who built a lot of the West Coast roads could still teach the Road Workers Of today a thing or two.I remember saying to my Wife Maureen a few weeks ago when we were going to Christchurch that where they are abseiling and doing all that rock work up past the Bealey,that Basil Piner would have done that Job in a fraction of the time that it has taken.He would have blown half the hill away and cleaned up and Job completed and today they would be still trying to get consents and complete the paper work.
Aaron Verks Send some old fellas up to transmission gully.. coz those ozzy Izzy twats aint ain’t got no clue
Frances McMillan Great photos.
Dianne Smith Put some of the scumbags breaking curfew out to do this hard manual work. They would be too tierd to go our
Therese McAra Looks like Ken’s old Zephyr.
Mike Rose I learnt to drive in Haast in that car. Bert passed the car onto my Dad who worked for Bert as the engineer in charge at Haast. Great photos Andy. Cheer
Michel Holmes Could be Len Holmes (surveyor) With his theodilite as he was involved in setting out the road
Warren Parkin
Does the Mk 3 belong to the ministry of works (MOW) ?
Mike Rose
Yes it did. Lovely hard plastic covered bench seats. Even two front seat belts. I used to practice parallel parking on the Haast Aerodrome. Plenty of room
Doreen Thomson Sorry to correct you the mans name was Mick Marooney I used to collect his mail for him at the Fox hotel and take it up to the foreman Fred Russell who would drop it off to him
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West Coast New Zealand History (18th Aug 2020). Cutting a new road, Paringa-Haast section.ca.1960`s. - ALBUM -. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 22nd Apr 2026 06:30, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/27517