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Kōrero: Ferries

Carrying cars

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Carrying cars

Auckland’s Eaglehawk arrives at Mechanics Bay with a load of cars and passengers in the 1930s. Although most people think of ferries as people-movers, there are also cargo and vehicle ferries. In 2009 Auckland had small vehicular ferries, and Northland communities were linked by car ferries.

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New Zealand Herald

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Gavin McLean, Ferries – Harbour, river and lake ferries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22437/carrying-cars (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 10 December 2009.