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Viking ship, Woodville

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Viking ship, Woodville

Though Woodville does not share the Scandinavian heritage of Dannevirke and Norsewood, it also has some Viking iconography. This ship adorns an antique shop a couple of blocks behind the main street.

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – Southern Hawke’s Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24222/viking-ship-woodville (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.