Build Date Pre-1898 Boat Builder Harry Bender Length Unknown Beam Unknown Building and Re-Modelling Taniwha Said to have been built as a fishing cutter called Louie by Harry Bender some time before 1898. It is believed Bender built Taniwha in Wellington and he added a steam engine in 1898. G H Jackson of Wellington and […]
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Build Date 1912 Boat Builder Sam Ford Length 43 feet Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Rehutai Rehutai was built in 1926 by Sam Ford for C C Ross of Wellington. Rehutai had 50/75hp Stearns engine. R N Barton of Featherston brought her in 1935/6 and berthed her in Picton. In 1938 he re-engined her
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Build Date 1902 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 79ft 6inches/ 24.26m Beam 25ft 6 inches/ .80m Alma’s Early Years Two masted fore and aft schooner rigged deck scow built in Auckland by George Niccol in 1902. She was built out of kauri salvaged from a bridge north of Auckland. They used full-length planks to build
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Build Date 1909 Boat Builder T M Lane & Sons Length 86 feet 4 inches Beam 24 feet Te Aroha’s Early Years 86 feet auxiliary schooner built by T M Lane & Sons of Totara North in 1909. Later Te Aroha was powered by twin 110hp GM diesel engines. Te Aroha worked as a trading
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Build Date 1935 Boat Builder Claude Wells and Bernard Wells Length 45 feet / 13.4 m Beam 12 feet Building Wakanui Wakanui was built by Claude Wells and his son Bernard Wells. She was built for Bernard and they launched Wakanui on the day Bernard’s second son Pat was born in 1935. At the time
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Build Date Boat Builder Length Beam Thomas Lovell Moves To Motueka West Coast fishermen Phil McDonald was the original owner of Thomas Lovell but within a few years Bob Brown and his wife Thelma had brought him out. In the book Motueka Wharf 100 Years it is said Phil McDonald and Bob Brown brought the
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Build Date 1920 Boat Builder Geoge T Niccol Length 99 feet Draught 7 feet Building Motu and Her Early Trading Days Motu was built by George T Niccol of Auckland for the Northern Steamship Company in 1920. She was built to be an auxiliary schooner but was changed to ketch rigged in 1922 and later
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Build Date 1897 Boat Builder Lane and Brown Length 94 feet Beam Unknown Talisman and The Golden Bay Shipping Company Talisman was a schooner-rigged hold scow built in Whangaroa by Lane and Brown in 1897. She was used to transport shingle for the Golden Bay Shipping Company until 1930. The Golden Bay Shipping Company was
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Build Date 1912 Boat Builder Frank and Bill Hawken Length Unknown Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Kia Ora Kia Ora was built by Frank Hawken and his son Bill in Whakarewa Street, Motueka in 1912 but they launched her at Batchelor’s Ford in 1913. Frank used his boat for catching fish commercially and carrying
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Build Date 1900 Boat Builder Lane and Brown Length 98.5 feet Beam 13 feet Wairau’s Unfortunate Beginnings Wairau was originally a topsail schooner named Ronga. She was built in 1900 by Lane and Brown at Whangaroa. Presumably her first owner was T H Kerr of Christchurch and whilst she was owned by Kerr her skipper
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