Trig Stations

A DigitalNZ Story by Dan

Image: At the trig

At the trig

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Man at Trig Station

Man at Trig Station

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Trig at Whatipu

Trig at Whatipu

Auckland Libraries

Image: Trig station, summit of Mt Edgecumbe

Trig station, summit of Mt Edgecumbe

Auckland Libraries

Image: Trig and lookout stations, Rainbow Mountain

Trig and lookout stations, Rainbow Mountain

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Trig, Tararua Range

Trig, Tararua Range

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Trig station on Mount Dundas, Tararua Ranges 1911.jpeg

Trig station on Mount Dundas, Tararua Ranges 1911.jpeg

Kete Horowhenua

Image: Hubert Earle Girdlestone constructing a trig station at Mt Kaukau, Wellington

Hubert Earle Girdlestone constructing a trig station at Mt Kaukau, Wellington

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Trig station on rocky outcrop, [Port Hills, Canterbury region?]

Trig station on rocky outcrop, [Port Hills, Canterbury region?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Trig, Rangitoto Island

Trig, Rangitoto Island

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Lawrence Cussen at the trig station, Maraetaua, Waitomo County

Lawrence Cussen at the trig station, Maraetaua, Waitomo County

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A high point in the Rimutaka Range with a group of people around a trig station.

A high point in the Rimutaka Range with a group of people around a trig station.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Group, including Edgar Williams on right, sitting on rocky hillside beneath trig station, [Port Hills, Canterbury region?]

Group, including Edgar Williams on right, sitting on rocky hillside beneath trig station, [Port Hills, Canterbury region?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Two men by trig station on Mount Dundas, Tararua Ranges

Two men by trig station on Mount Dundas, Tararua Ranges

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Early views, Tararuas - 2 March 1930

Early views, Tararuas - 2 March 1930

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Summit, Mount Holdsworth

Summit, Mount Holdsworth

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Nan Carroll sitting on a wooden structure : Photograph

Nan Carroll sitting on a wooden structure : Photograph

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Ngongotaha Mountain, Rotorua

Ngongotaha Mountain, Rotorua

MTG Hawke's Bay

Image: View of a trig station and monument at Mount Maunganui, 1924.

View of a trig station and monument at Mount Maunganui, 1924.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Bert Jones carving his name in trig, Whatipu

Bert Jones carving his name in trig, Whatipu

Auckland Libraries

Image: Group of trampers at the Rangitoto trig station, 1932

Group of trampers at the Rangitoto trig station, 1932

Auckland Libraries