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Stranded Mapourika

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Stranded <em>Mapourika</em>

The Mapourikahit the breakwater at Greymouth in 1898, and remained stranded for six months. The ship had to be lifted bodily off the beach and transported on skids for nearly 300 metres to the Grey River.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, A. J. Varlow Collection

Reference: PAColl-9097-6

by James Ring

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Gavin McLean, Ferries – Coastal ferries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22444/stranded-mapourika (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gavin McLean, published 10 December 2009.