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Kōrero: Stewart Island/Rakiura

Tourism on Stewart Island: cruise ship in Paterson Inlet, 2009

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Tourism on Stewart Island: cruise ship in Paterson Inlet, 2009

The cruise ship Volendamvisited Stewart Island in December 2009. In the 21st century numerous cruise ships call into the island during the summer season. The Volendam’s 1,450 passengers outnumbered the Stewart Island population by about three to one, though not all went ashore.

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Reference: 30 December 2009

by Mark Hotton

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Carl Walrond, Stewart Island/Rakiura – History and society since the 1850s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37640/tourism-on-stewart-island-cruise-ship-in-paterson-inlet-2009 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 13 June 2014, updated 1 May 2015.