The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT), which connects the two major cities of the North Island and a historic area through the central North Island, stretching from the Makohine Viaduct to Taumarunui Station, is a microcosm of New Zealand's railway history and significant 20th-century engineering developments. The NIMT has had a profound impact on New Zealand's history. Its construction, in particular, dramatically altered the social composition of the Kingdom and left a lasting political legacy on race relations. The railway itself not only spectacularly transformed the landscape but also enabled industry and agriculture in the area, leading to deforestation and making the presence of Tongariro National Park and the establishment of conservation areas along the railway all the more crucial. The dramatic features of this landscape contributed to the fact that the