Aerial Photographs

Environment Waikato has collected historic aerial photographs for a range of uses, including shoreline change analysis, estuarine habitat mapping and coastal development studies. These photographs range from low resolution black and white aerials (vertical and oblique) to recent orthorectified high resolution colour images.

Range of aerial photographs from throughout the Waikato Region, including: Entire coast 1993, 2003/02 Firth of Thames 1942, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 2004 Coromandel Peninsula 1944-45, 1996, 2002/03 Coromandel 1959-1963, 2004, Papa Aroha 1962 Kaiaua 1944, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995. Koputuaki 1965 Thames 1944, 1951, 1954, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1983, 1995 Tapu 1950, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1983, 1992 Tararu 1944, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1976, 1983, 1992, 1994, 1995. Te Mata 1956, 1972, 1983 Te Puru 1944, 1950, 1956, 1965, 1972, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1995 Kennedy Bay 1959 Kuaotunu 1953, 1959, 1962 1965, 1972, 1992. Matarangi 1961, 1971, 1972, 1993, 1994, 1996 Simpsons Beach/Wharekaho 1995 Mercury Bay 2004 Buffalo Beach 1944, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1959,1962, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993. Cooks Beach 1944, 1962, 1972, 1978, 1976, 1984, 1993, 1995. Pauanui/Tairua to Whangamata 2004 Tairua 1944, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1983 Port Charles 1959, 1982, 2004 Sandy Bay 2004 West Coast 2002/03 Raglan 1943, 1944, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1993, 2004 Kawhia 1943, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2004 Aotea 1944, 1958, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1988,2004 Mokau 1974 Marakopa 1975, 1958 Port Waikato 1996

Coastline throughout Waikato Region

Earliest photos taken 1940, dataset continues to present.

Varied

Varied depending on age and nature of photography.

Coastal hazard studies typically use historic aerial photography to understand coastal change.

Varied - discuss with Waikato Regional Council

Ongoing