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Story: Hauraki–Coromandel region

Ferry and wharf at Whitianga, 1911

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Ferry and wharf at Whitianga, 1911

Water transport was important on the Coromandel Peninsula until the 1920s, as roads were poor or non-existent. These travellers are using a ferry which possibly crosses the harbour to an area known today as Ferry Landing.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, William Archer Price Collection (PAColl-3057)

Reference: 1/2-001038-G

by William Archer Price

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Transport and communications, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30489/ferry-and-wharf-at-whitianga-1911 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.