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Kōrero: Seafarers

Crew of the Wild Deer

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Crew of the <em>Wild Deer</em>

The sailing ship Wild Deer carried British immigrants to New Zealand in the 1870s, and had a reputation as a clean and comfortable vessel. Here the crew pose on the bow at Port Chalmers, in the 1870s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, D. A. De Maus Collection (PAColl-3035)

Reference: 1/2-016757; G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Neill Atkinson, Seafarers – The seafaring workforce, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5370/crew-of-the-wild-deer (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Neill Atkinson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.