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Story: Ports and harbours

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Beachheads and beginnings

  3. Port development

  4. Types of ports

  5. 19th- and 20th-century changes

  6. The modern era, 1960 onwards

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Beachheads and beginnings

‘Birds’-eye view of Port Nicholson’

‘Birds’-eye view of Port Nicholson’

Dunedin’s first jetty

Dunedin’s first jetty

Harbour politics

Harbour politics

Boardroom of the former Wellington Harbour Board

Boardroom of the former Wellington Harbour Board

A cutter loading wheat

A cutter loading wheat

From page 2 - Port development

Ports past and present

Ports past and present

From page 3 - Types of ports

Building Railway Wharf

Building Railway Wharf

Victoria Channel

Victoria Channel

Tragedy on Greymouth bar

Tragedy on Greymouth bar

The port of Westport

The port of Westport

Napier breakwater

Napier breakwater

Ōamaru’s developing harbour

Ōamaru’s developing harbour (1st of 3)

Ōamaru breakwater, 1880s

Ōamaru breakwater, 1880s (2nd of 3)

Ōamaru Harbour, 2002

Ōamaru Harbour, 2002 (3rd of 3)

From page 4 - 19th- and 20th-century changes

Cranes on Wellington wharves

Cranes on Wellington wharves

Loading at Napier

Loading at Napier

Wellington Waterside Workers' Union

Wellington Waterside Workers' Union

Kaiapoi port

Kaiapoi port

From page 5 - The modern era, 1960 onwards

Reclaiming Wellington Harbour

Reclaiming Wellington Harbour (1st of 2)

The Wellington Harbour Board's new container crane

The Wellington Harbour Board's new container crane (2nd of 2)

Port of Timaru

Port of Timaru

Container cranes, Sulphur Point

Container cranes, Sulphur Point

The Viaduct Basin

The Viaduct Basin

How to cite this page:

Gavin McLean, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ports-and-harbours/media (accessed 27 May 2022)

Story by Gavin McLean, published 12 Jun 2006, updated 30 Jul 2015

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