Relics

Left from an earlier time, no longer used. In paddocks, beaches, hilltops and roadsides, neglected, rotting, rusting, lieing or leaning, captured on film and card, remembered. (19 photos - updated July 2025)

Old graveyard in the Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington

Wellington, 2007

(ID: 20070218_050)


Deserted farmhouse with sheep and thistles on a farm in North Otago. 1983

North Otago, 1983

(ID: BW120210_178)


Old farm equipment at South Featherston, 2014

South Featherston, 2014

(ID: 20140601_037)


Remnant of the Opoua shipwreck at Tora, Wairarapa coast, 2014

Remnant of the Opoua shipwreck, Tora, 2014

(ID: 20140421_062)


Old tearooms at Kelburn, Wellington, with plane flying overhead, 1978

Old tearooms at Kelburn, Wellington, 1978

(ID: BW100428_081)


Remains of an old tractor near Macraes Flat, North Otago, 1983

Near Macraes Flat, Otago, 1983

(ID: BW130501_080)


Crumbled up car wreckage near Tangimoana, 1985

Car wreckage dump near Tangimoana, 1985

(ID: BW100515_095)


Remains of a cart wheel beside corrugated iron building by the road between Kawhia and Marokopa, 1984

Between Kawhia and Marokopa, 1984

(ID: BW120215_122)


Deserted garage ond moss covered tree near the Whanganui River south of Taumarunui, 1985

Near the Whanganui River south of Taumarunui, 1985

(ID: BW120220_024)


Old Planet Range or stove in a deserted cottage in the Nevis Valley, Otago, 1972

In a deserted cottage, Nevis Valley, 1972

(ID: BW120229_060)


Remains of old suspension bridge beside the Hinakura to Gladstone road, Wairarapa, 1988

Beside the Hinakura to Gladstone road, Wairarapa, 1988

(ID: BW120229_184)


Old bis lying beside Longford Road, Invercargill, 1971

Longford Road, Invercargill, 1971

(ID: BW160403_020)


Remains of an old car near the Wanganui River south of Taumarunui, 1985

Near the Whanganui River south of Taumarunui, 1985

(ID: BW160515_090)


Old deserted house at Skippers, near Queenstown, 1962

Skippers, 1962

(ID: BW170301_017)


Remains of an old telephone box beside Palliser Bay, Wairarapa Coast, 1988

Palliser Bay, 1988

(ID: SL160601_046)


Old chases and engine lying in the sand beside the beach, South Wairarapa Coast, 1980

South Wairarapa Coast, 1980

(ID: BW120130_045)


Looking up from below one of the old cranes on Wellington wharves, 1982

Crane on Wellington wharves, 1982

(ID: BW051010_016)


Remains of old freezing works at Patea, 2020

Old freezing works at Patea, 2020

(ID: 20200626_030)


Old Phase 2 Vanguard car lieing in the grass at Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, 1986

Phase 2 Vanguard at Kohukohu, 1986

(ID: SL090410_062)


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