Kōrero: Transport – overview

From the 1840s to the 1880s most immigrants to New Zealand from Britain came by sailing ships on the Great Circle Route, which passed around the Cape of Good Hope and then down into the Southern Ocean to catch the strongest winds, usually without making landfall on the way. On the way back to Europe the route went around Cape Horn. This immigrant ship, the Lady Jocelyn, made several voyages between Britain and New Zealand.