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Final spike - North Island main trunk line

Final spike - North Island main trunk line

On 6 November 1908 Prime Minister Joseph Ward ceremonially opened the North Island main trunk line by driving in a final polished silver spike at Manganuioteao, between National Park and Ohakune.

Find out more about the ceremony and the silver spike at Te Papa Collections Online.

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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909, D-2

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Posted: 03 Mar 2022

I've added an article to Wikipedia about the Last Spike Memorial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Spike_Memorial