Sir Jospeh Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1908, travelled to Pokaka on 6 November. There at 9.03 a.m he ceremonially drove the last spike into the railway track and thus completed the link in the Main Trunk Line to connect Auckland and Wellington.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 22, 1 November 1983, Page 1
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45Sir Jospeh Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1908, travelled to Pokaka on 6 November. There at 9.03 a.m he ceremonially drove the last spike into the railway track and thus completed the link in the Main Trunk Line to connect Auckland and Wellington. Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 22, 1 November 1983, Page 1
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