References and acknowledgements

Books

Hikurangi The Story of a Coalmining Town
by Madge Malcolm 



Under the mountain: Hikurangi School centennial 1983

by Jim O'Reilly

Websites

Hikurangi Museum http://hikurangi.co.nz/hikurangi-museum

Papers Past http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Timeline of Railway History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_railway_history

NZ History http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/

New Zealand Electronic Text Collection http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/

Thank you to

Hikurangi Museum http://hikurangi.co.nz/hikurangi-museum/