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June 2025

SH29 widening – June 2025
SH29 Takitimu Drive Flyover – June 2025
15th Ave on-ramp – June 2025
Smith's Farm to Fill 13 – June 2025
Smith's Farm Bridge – June 2025
Cambridge Road & Cambridge East – June 2025
Harrison Road to Wairoa Valley – June 2025
Wairoa River Bridge – June 2025
Wairoa valley to Wairoa Road – June 2025
Cut 8 towards Te Mete Valley – June 2025
Te Mete Valley – June 2025
Minden Interchange roundabouts – June 2025
Cut 5 Fill 5 - pavement trials – June 2025
Minden Gully & interchange – June 2025
Oturu culvert towards Minden Road – June 2025
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May 2025

Cambridge Road - Harrison Road – May 2025
Crane SH29 15th Ave – May 2025
Minden Interchange towards Minden Gully – May 2025
Piling 15th Ave – May 2025
SH29-TDTR flyover birdge – May 2025
Smiths Farm Bridge to SH29 – May 2025
Soil nail wall – May 2025
TDFO SH29 – May 2025
Wairoa River Bridge – May 2025
Wairoa to Te Mete valley – May 2025
Western Tie in – May 2025
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January 2025

SH2 Western tie in Culvert Oturu – January 2025
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road flyover – January 2025
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road looking towards Tauranga CBD – January 2025
Wairoa River Bridge and Wairoa Road Overbridge – January 2025
Wairoa River Bridge towards Bethlehem – January 2025
Wairoa Valley East Fill 10 towards Wairoa Road Overbridge – January 2025
Cambridge Road overbridge looking towards Smiths Farm – January 2025
Fill 13 looking over Cambridge Road and St Andrews Drive roundabout – January 2025
Minden Road Overbridge – January 2025
Minden Gully towards packhouse – January 2025
SH2 Fifteenth Ave retaining wall under construction – January 2025
SH2 Fifteenth Ave retaining wall under construction – January 2025
SH2 Fifteenth Ave retaining wall under construction – January 2025
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November 2024

Cambridge Road Bridge looking east towards SH29 – November 2024
Cambridge Road Bridge looking east towards SH29 over Smiths Farm – November 2024
Culvert 5 in Te Mete Valley – November 2024
Cut 8 looking towards Wairoa Road – November 2024
Minden Gully Bridges – November 2024
Minden Gully Bridges looking east – November 2024
Minden Road diamond interchange & Minden Gully Bridges – November 2024
SH2 Fifteenth Ave earthworks underway – November 2024
SH2 western tie in Oturu culvert – November 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive beams arriving – November 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive beams arriving – November 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Flyover looking north to Tauranga CBD – November 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Flyover looking south to Tauriko – November 2024
Smith's Farm Access Bridge – November 2024
Smiths Farm area and Fill 13 – November 2024
Te Mete Valley looking towards Wairoa Road – November 2024
Wairoa Awa River Bridge looking east towards Cambridge Road – November 2024
Wairoa Road Bridge – November 2024
Wairoa Valley West looking west towards Wairoa Road – November 2024
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September 2024

Cambridge Road overbridge – September 2024
Cambridge Road overbridge – September 2024
Cambridge Road overbridge – September 2024
Cambridge Road overbridge – September 2024
Cambridge Road overbridge and Harrison Road – September 2024
Cambridge Road East – September 2024
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July 2024

Cambridge Road - East – July 2024
Cambridge Road East – July 2024
Cambridge Road Harrison Road – July 2024
Fill 13 – July 2024
Minden Gully Bridge – July 2024
Minden Gully Bridge – July 2024
Packhouse - looking east over Te Mete Valley – July 2024
SH2 Oturu culvert – July 2024
SH2 Oturu culvert – July 2024
SH2 western tie in – July 2024
SH2 western tie in – July 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road – July 2024
Te Mete Valley – July 2024
Wairoa - cut 8 – July 2024
Wairoa River Bridge – July 2024
Wairoa River Bridge – July 2024
Wairoa River Bridge – July 2024
Wairoa Road – July 2024
Wairoa Road – July 2024
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June 2024

Western Tie in - Culvert Oturu – June 2024
Wairoa River Bridge - Wairoa Rd Bridge – June 2024
Wairoa Rd Bridge - Cut 8 – June 2024
Te Mete Valley – June 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road Flyover – June 2024
Minden Road looking west towards Omokoroa – June 2024
Minden Gully – June 2024
Cambridge Road - Fill 13 – June 2024
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April 2024

Harrison Road and Cambridge Road – April 2024
Cambridge Road East intersection – April 2024
Smiths Farm – April 2024
Culvert near SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road – April 2024
Moffat Road and Cambridge Road East intersection – April 2024
Wairoa Valley and Wairoa Road bridge – April 2024
Wairoa Valley (2) – April 2024
Minden Road bridge at Te Puna – April 2024
Looking east from Te Puna towards Minden Road bridge – April 2024
Cambridge Road bridge completion – April 2024
Cambridge Road bridge completion (2) – April 2024
Wairoa Valley – April 2024
Cambridge Road bridge completion (3) – April 2024
Wairoa Awa River bridge – April 2024
Wairoa Awa River bridge (2) – April 2024
Cambridge Road bridge completion (4) – April 2024
Minden Gully interchange – April 2024
Cambridge Road bridge completion (5) – April 2024
Wairoa Valley and Wairoa Awa River bridge – April 2024
Minden Road bridge looking west from Te Puna – April 2024
Te Mete – April 2024
Wairoa Road bridge breakthrough – April 2024
Wairoa Road bridge breakthrough (2) – April 2024
Wairoa Road bridge breakthrough (3) – April 2024
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March 2024

Cambridge Road looking north – March 2024
Cambridge Road looking north (2) – March 2024
Cambridge Road bridge nears completion – March 2024
Moffat Road Cambridge Road East intersection – March 2024
Fifteenth Avenue connection – March 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road Flyover piling underway – March 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road piling in progress –- March 2024
Smiths Farm – March 2024
Tie in work at Cambridge Road – March 2024
Wairoa Awa River bridge – March 2024
Cambridge Road bridge – March 2024
Wairoa Awa River bridge (2) – March 2024
Wairoa Road bridge (2) – March 2024
Wairoa Road bridge – March 2024
SH2 Western tie in (2) – March 2024
Minden Gully interchange bridges – March 2024
Minden Road bridge and interchange – March 2024
SH2 Western tie in and site office – March 2024
SH2 Western tie in – March 2024
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February 2024

Wairoa Road Overbridge – February 2024
Wairoa Road Overbridge – February 2024
Wairoa Valley – February 2024
Wairoa Road Overbridge – February 2024
Wairoa Awa River Bridge – February 2024
Wairoa Awa River Bridge – February 2024
Wairoa Awa River Bridge – February 2024
Wairoa Awa River Bridge – February 2024
Wairoa Awa River Bridge – February 2024
Smiths Farm area – February 2024
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road – February 2024
Fifteenth Ave – February 2024
Cambridge Road Overbridge – February 2024
Cambridge Road Overbridge – February 2024
Beam enroute to Wairoa Awa River bridge at Wairoa Road – February 2024
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November 2023

Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Valley looking towards Cambridge Road
Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Road Overbridge near completion
Wairoa River Bridge
Wairoa Awa (river)
Smiths Farm near Cambridge Road east
Smiths Farm
Smiths Farm
Smiths Farm
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road
SH29 Smiths Farm
Minden Road Overbridge
Minden Gully Interchange
Minden Gully Interchange
Minden Gully bridges
Harrison Road and Wairoa Valley
Cambridge Road Overbridge
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September 2023

Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Road Overbridge looking west
Wairoa Road Overbridge looking east
Wairoa Awa River
Wairoa Awa River bridge site
Te Rangi tua nehe Minden Gully bridges
Te Rangi tua nehe Minden Gully bridges, girder installed
Te Mete Valley
Smiths Farm
Smiths Farm at Bethlehem Tauriko
Smiths Farm and TCC slip site at Cambridge Road East
Smiths Farm and Cambridge Road East
Cambridge Road Overbridge
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August 2023

Cambridge Road Overbridge looking west over Wairoa Valley and Awa
Cambridge Road Overbridge looking east over Wairoa Valley and Awa
Wairoa Road Overbridge in foreground and looking east across Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Awa River
Te Rangi tua nehe Minden Road Overbridge and Minden Gully bridges
Te Rangi tua nehe Minden Gully
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road
Pumice at Fill 13 Smiths Farm
Looking east to SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road
Looking east from Te Rangi tua nehe Minden
Concrete pour underway on one of the central bridge columns in Minden Gully
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July 2023

Wairoa Valley facing north to Te Puna
Wairoa Road Overbridge facing north towards Te Puna
Wairoa Awa River Bridge
Te Rangi tua nehe Minden Road Overbridge facing north, Te Puna
Te Rangi tua nehe Minden Gully facing south
Te Mete Valley
Over SH29 and Smiths Farm
Cambridge Road Overbridge looking to Wairoa Valley
Cambridge Road Overbridge and temporary Harrison Road
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June 2023

Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Valley looking east
Wairoa Road Overbridge and Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Awa River and Wairoa Valley
Wairoa Awa River
SH29 Takitimu Drive Toll Road
Cambridge Road Overbridge
Cambridge Road looking south
Cambridge Road looking north
Smiths Farm
Smiths Farm
Minden Gully
Minden Gully
Minden Gully
Minden Road Overbridge
Girls with Hi Vis event
Girls with Hi Vis event
Girls with Hi Vis event
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May 2023

Tauranga City Council Commissioner's Visit
Wairoa Road overbridge
Wairoa Awa (river)
Smiths Farm
SH29
Te Rangi Tuanehe (Minden Gully)
Cambridge Road
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March 2023

Wairoa River staging bridge
Wairoa River bridge
Aerial photo Cambridge Road
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December 2022

Using Kiwifruit posts to create micro-nursery
Using Kiwifruit posts to create micro nursery
Micro nursery visit
Micro nursery visit
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November 2022

Wairoa Valley West
Wairoa Road Bridge concrete deck being poured
Wairoa River staging bridge
Wairoa River staging bridge
Wairoa River staging bridge
Wairoa River construction bridge piling in progress
Te Mete Valley
Smiths Farm
Piling in progress at Minden Gully
Minden Gully
Harrison Wairoa East
Cambridge Road and Harrison Roads
Archaeological investigations in progress near Minden Road
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September 2022

Construction bridge crosses Wairoa River
Above Cambridge and Moffat Roads looking toward Wairoa Valley
Construction bridge crosses Wairoa River
Fill 13 - the largest fill on the project
Piling in progress at Minden Gully
Piling in progress at Minden Gully - a collection of three bridges
Construction bridge crosses Wairoa River
Takitimu Drive Toll Road and Kopurererua Valley
Drone photo above site at Minden
Haul Road from Takitimu Drive Toll Road
Work in progress alongside Takitimu Drive Toll Road
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August 2022

Aerial photo looking over Minden Gully
Site office
Aerial photo looking over Cambridge Road and Harrison Road
Aerial photo looking over Smiths Farm looking towards Bethlehem
Aerial photo looking over Wairoa Awa temporary staging bridge
Aerial photo looking over Wairoa Road Overbridge
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June 2022

Archaeologists and Kaitiaki work under a rainbow
Archaeologists and Kaitiaki work under a rainbow
Wairoa Valley East
Harrison Road
Wairoa River Temp Staging bridge
Wairoa Road Bridge
Te Mete Haul Road
Minden Gully
Site Office Minden Gully West
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May 2022

Wairoa Road Overbridge site from above
Wairoa Road Overbridge and Diversion Road from above
Wairoa Diversion Road complete
Site office underway at Minden Road
Site office underway at Minden Road
Rig on site - Wairoa Road
Bethlehem Hall
Bethlehem Hall
Bethlehem Hall
Archaeology photo
Archaeology photo
Archaeology photo
Aerial photo over Harrison Road looking towards Wairoa River and Valley
Aerial photo over Harrison Road
Aerial photo looking over Wairoa Valley
Aerial photo looking over Wairoa River and Valley
Aerial photo looking over Smiths Farm Bethlehem
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April 2022

Wairoa Road Diversion
Hapu reps site visit
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March 2022

Wairoa Diversion Road
Stream diversion in the Wairoa Valley
Sediment Retention Pond near Harrison Road Bethlehem
Mokomoko (lizards) relocated at Mauao
Baby mokomoko (lizards) relocated at Mauao
Mokomoko (lizards) relocated at Mauao
Mokomoko (lizards) relocated at Mauao
Donating avocados to Good Neighbour
Donating avocados to Good Neighbour
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February 2022

Fulton Hogan Project Director Tony Gallagher, Transport Minister Michael Wood and Labour MP Angie Warren-Clark
Wairoa Road diversion works almost complete. View looking back east across the Wairoa River down across the sand blanket and swale construction works
Stage One In construction - looking south from Wairoa Road
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January 2022

Construction works at Wairoa Road
Bethlehem drop in info session
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December 2021

Wairoa Valley West
Smiths Farm
Minden Gully
Harrison Wairoa East
Kaitiaki Jasmine Apaapa, Pirirakau having an up close look at a banded kokopu
Jessica Schofield, Ecologist and Stephanie Kirk, Environmental Manager checking the fyke nets, a type of fish trap, and recording species found
Baseline freshwater survey work is underway for fish and insects in the waterways around and within the Stage One designation
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November 2021

Archaeologists and Kaitaki are working across the Takitimu North Link project alignment
New bridge crossing at Wairoa Awa (River)
Kaitiaki Manu Seddon Ngati Hangarau
Archaeologists and Kaitaki are working across the Takitimu North Link project alignment
Active mode path over Minden Gully
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September 2021

Utilities investigations at Minden Road
Lizard trapping
Lizard trapping
Geotechnical work at Minden Gully
Geotechnical investigations, water bore
Blessing prior to lizard traps
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August 2021

Archaeologist on site at Takitimu North Link project - Warren Gumbley
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June 2021

Stage One Investigation works
Stage One Investigation works
Stage One Investigation works
Stage One Investigation works
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May 2021

Blessing at Bethlehem
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March 2021

Wairoa Awa morning of blessing
Katikati SH2 Corridor Open Day
Geotech engineers briefing at Wairoa Awa
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January 2021

Site walkover – January 2021, Takitimu North Link – Stage Two
Aerial photo State Highway 2 and Francis Road, Ōmokoroa – January 2021
Aerial photo State Highway 2, Ōmokoroa Road intersection – January 2021 (1)
Aerial photo State Highway 2, Ōmokoroa Road intersection – January 2021 (2)
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December 2020

Overbridge interchange at Te Rangituanehu Minden Road
Omokoroa Community Meeting
Omokoroa Community Meeting
Omokoroa Community Meeting pic 3
Site walkover with a team of ecologists, geotechnical engineers, archaeologists and surveyors - Stage Two
Site walkover – Stage Two
Site walkover – Stage Two
Site walkover – Stage Two
Aerial photo State Highway 2 at Te Puna
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