Ferrymead Railway and Diesel Traction Group locomotives and carriages have participated in each of these steam-based festivals, held on the Weka Pass Railway, except for the 2003 event.

The Weka Pass Railway, Bay of Islands Vintage Railway, Taieri Gorge Railway and Goldfields Steam Train Society took over parts of old lines in Canterbury, Northland, Otago and the Bay of Plenty respectively.

* Information from the Weka Pass Railway on the preserved members of the original A class built by Dübs & Co .:

* Information from the Weka Pass Railway on the preserved members of the F class built by Dübs & Co .:

* Weka Pass Railway's page on D 221

The line passes through Weka Pass into the Amuri district, travelling north through the region, west of Culverden, to Hanmer Springs.

The first stage of the Waiau Branch line inland through the Weka Pass to Waikari was completed in 1882.

A public meeting at Waipara in August 1982 saw a steering committee established to investigate the Weka Pass Railway proposal.

There had been interest from a number of people in preserving part of this old branch line particularly in the scenic Weka Pass.

The second decade of the Weka Pass Railway has been one largely of consolidation of the previous work, rather than major developments.

The Weka Pass Railway owns approximately 13 km of branch line track between Waipara and its terminus at Waikari.

The group's main locomotive, A 428 is owned by the A 428 Preservation Society, but leased to the Weka Pass Railway in 1983.

Other wagons include examples of stock wagons, several vans including two representatives of the Z class ' roadsider ' vans, tank wagons, and eight Y < sup > B </ sup >/ Y < sup > C </ sup > ballast wagons, which are kept in working order for track maintenance duties through the Weka Pass.

However, it is nominally part of the WPR fleet, and is used to get large machinery up into the Weka Pass.

With the little locomotive of no use, Weka Pass received approval from Ravensdown Fertiliser ( who had taken over Kempthorne Prosser ) to sell the locomotive to the Plains Railway at Ashburton, who have since restored it in NZR livery as ' T < sup > R </ sup > 119 '.

While DG 2451 was cut up in 1990 by Sims Pacific Metal, the hulk of DG 2376 was sold to Weka Pass for spare parts.

* Weka Pass Railway website

Current operations of the heritage railway type include the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, Bush Tramway Club, Waitara Railway Preservation Society, Weka Pass Railway, and Taieri Gorge Railway.

The Weka Pass Railway at 13 km is the most lengthy of these.

* Waiau Branch, a Canterbury branch line railway in service from 1882 to 1978: see also Weka Pass Railway

The Weka Pass Railway has its base in Waipara, and runs on 12 kilometres of track between here and Waikari over the former route of the Waiau Branch, a branch line railway that diverged from the Main North Line and ran to Waiau.

The Weka or woodhen ( Gallirallus australis ) is a flightless bird species of the rail family.

The common name Weka is a Māori word.

The Buff Weka ( Gallirallus australis hectori ) formerly inhabited the eastern districts of the South Island but is now confined to Chatham Island and Pitt Island to which it was introduced in the early 1900s, and where they are widely hunted and eaten, being considered ' introduced '.

The North Island Weka ( Gallirallus australis greyi ) is represented by original populations in Northland and Poverty Bay, and by liberations elsewhere from that stock.

The Western Weka ( Gallirallus australis australis ) is found mainly in the northern and western regions of the South Island from Nelson to Fiordland.

The Stewart Island Weka ( Gallirallus australis scotti ) is smaller than the other subspecies and, like the Western Weka, has two colour phases ; a chestnut form-similar to the chestnut-phase Western Weka-and a black phase which is not as dark as the black Western Weka.

Where the Weka is relatively common, their furtive curiosity leads them to search around houses and camps for food scraps, or anything unfamiliar and transportable.

The breeding season varies, but when food is plentiful, Weka can raise up to four broods throughout the whole year.

Contact call is easely confused with that of the Weka ( Gallirallus australis ), but is generally more resonant and deeper.

The Calayan Rail's genus, Gallirallus, includes many species of Southwest Pacific islands, of which the most familiar in the English-speaking world is the Weka of New Zealand.

In association football, Kapiti is represented by Kapiti Coast United, who play at Weka Park in Raumati Beach.

After defeating a dragon like creature and knocking Weka Dart out of a tree, she has a frightening encounter with the shade of Brona, the most legendary evil from the Four Lands, and Grianne is captured by a party of Demons.

A Buff Weka at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Christchurch, New Zealand

Western Weka photographed on the West Coast, New Zealand near Karamea.

Tales of Weka stealing shiny items and bags of sugar are part of New Zealand folklore.

The town has many landmarks including Kapiti College, in which Peter Jackson ( New Zealand Filmmaker ) and Christian Cullen ( Rugby Union Footballer ) received their education, St. Mark's Church, the vast sandy beach ( popular for walks, fishing and people on holiday ), The Raumati Beach Shopping Village, Kapiti Island and Weka Park.

* Weka, a New Zealand bird

Weka are unable to withstand the current pressures faced in both the North Island and South Island.

An assortment of birds found in the North Island are present at the National Park except for the Weka.

** Weka, North Island ( Gallirallus australis ) ( 4 pair released 2000-06-16 )