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Steam boats, 1907

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Steam boats, 1907

From the 1890s tourists began to sail on the Whanganui River in steam boats.

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David Young, Whanganui tribes – The 20th and 21st centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2189/steam-boats-1907 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Young, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.