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In 1873 Christchurch merchants took on the British with a line of their own. The New Zealand Shipping Company started well with fast, comfortable iron clippers such as the immigrant ship Rakaia (1,057 tons).
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Museum of Wellington City and Sea
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by David Alexander De Maus
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