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Story: The voyage out

The Malawa

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The Malawa

By the First World War several shipping lines were offering services to New Zealand in larger, faster vessels like this P. & O. ship, the Malawa.

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John Wilson, The voyage out – Early steamers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/2599/the-malawa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009.