Looking to the quays, with Basin Reserve cricket ground in the centre of the frame. From an Air New Zealand Fokker 27 climbing from Wellington's airport. July 1982 [scanned slide]

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The seaward end of Wellington Airport is along the picture's centre. July 1982

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I think this may have been the Lambton Quay / Balance Street corner, now much-changed. July 1982. The whole network closed in October 2017.

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One of several Lord of the Rings locations around Wellington -"Harcourt Park provided the perfect backdrop for the gardens of Isengard in The Fellowship of the Ring" - I'll have to take their word for all that.

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I think this may have been the same 'Wairarapa Connection' train from Wellington that collided with a logging truck about an hour later near Masterton. Coaching stock is radically rebuilt ex-British Rail Mk 2.

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