New Zealand Maritime Index

Source:    Bearings 1992 Volume 4 Number 2
 

1	A Whaleship in N.Z. Waters At the time of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 the Bay of Islands was well known for the refreshment of whaleships. Many of these were American. The American whaleship CHARLES W MORGAN...
2	Launchings TEQUILA launched at Port Chalmers; JEMIMA P launched at Lake Ngaroto near Te Awamutu. Article includes a brief history of the shipbuilders Miller and Tunnage.
3	Ascending by gradations: early shipping on the southern lakes - Lake Manapouri Early tourist shipping on Lake Manapouri. By the 1880s there were a number of boats there. The article covers some of the tourist launches on the Lake over the next two decades.
4	The ferry launch WAITERE The building and launching of the Ferry WAITERE which operated between Tauranga and Mount Maunganui until the Harbour Bridge.
5	Save our shores. The dangers to our local shores from over fishing, sewage, anti-fouling and so on.
6	[Steam on the Wanganui] A brief history of steam on the Wanganui, with details of some books for further information.
7	In times gone by Biography of three steamers from the 1870s to be seen on the Waitemata - the ROYAL ALFRED, GO AHEAD and GOLDEN CROWN
8	[Idle Alongs at the Birkenhead Regatta]
9	The 1992 Heritage Vessel Race 1 Mar 1992 the second annual race for historic and traditional sailing vessels took place on the Waitemata.
10	The HEEMSKERK, Abel Tasman's ship A history of the HEEMSKERK, with maps and drawings. The HOBSON WHARF Museum wanted a model of the vessel, but there were no building plans or lines drawings in existence. The article describes the r...
11	A cruise in a Shoal Bay drifter A cruise in Ganley's dinghy on Auckland Harbour
12	Breeze bound for Nelson Journey of the BREEZE from Auckland around North Cape and down the West Coast to Nelson in January 1992