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Kōrero: South Canterbury region

Timaru breakwater

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Timaru breakwater

A heavy south-easterly swell crashes against the Port of Timaru’s southern breakwater, in a photograph taken around 1898. The completion of the artificial harbour in the 1880s provided ships with a safe haven and enabled the port to expand.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Alfred Burton

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Wilson, South Canterbury region – Timaru and its port, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11392/timaru-breakwater (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.