http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WT18800921.2.10 Waikato Times 21 September 1880, Page 2] Pukehoua Bridge was built 600 meters upstream in 1912–13 to replace the 1865 bridge, which was damaged by floods and by 1909 was only fit for pedestrians and light traffic.