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During World War I over 30,000 New Zealand soldiers marched between military camps at Trentham, Upper Hutt and Featherston via the Rimutaka Hill Road, in a three-day trek of 27 miles (43.5 km). There were 23 marches of 500 to 1800 men between September 1915 and April 1918, at the end of their
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at the saddle where it meets the Tararuas. At the road's summit is a lookout point where there were usually tea rooms and well-guarded facilities maintained by residents. More recently there was a café. After disputes over toilets and land ownership between the then still new
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and a series of tenants the building sat empty, was severely damaged by fire in April 2009 and later demolished.
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has plans to rebuild the railway from Maymorn, including the Incline, as a tourist and historical attraction.
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State Highway 2 (Rimutaka Hill Road) seen from near the top of the pass 555 metres (1,821 ft)
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The Remutaka Range runs north-east to south-west for 55 kilometres from the upper reaches of the
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World War I soldiers resting at the top of the Rimutaka hill road. On completing training at
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The 555-metre summit of the road over the range at its northern saddle is named
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they marched over the hill to Wellington to board ship for France's trenches.
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before 2017) is the southernmost range of a mountain chain in the lower
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railway used to climb across the Remutakas, including the famous
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Mount Matthews, 940 metres, seen from Kelburn, Wellington
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The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey through History
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Abbots Creek toll-bridge on the Rimutaka road in 1875
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Ranges, running parallel with the east coast between
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Index

Remutaka
Remutaka (New Zealand electorate)

Elevation
Wairarapa
Wellington

North Island
Tararua
Ruahine
Wellington
East Cape
Hutt Valley
Turakirae Head
Palliser Bay
Mount Matthews
State Highway 2
Featherston
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Wairarapa Line
Rimutaka Incline
Fell mountain railway system
Rimutaka Tunnel
Remutaka Rail Trail
Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust

Featherston
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Remutaka Forest Park
Wainuiomata Water Collection Area

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