
Arthur Hayden's watercolour captures the Union Steam Ship Company's Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Maori alongside the Wellington inter-island berth. The Maori was a mainstay of the inter-island service from 1907 to until 1931, when the Rangatira arrived. After this the Maori was used as a relief ship, but it was forced back into regular inter-island service during the Second World War. Laid up again in 1944, the vessel was eventually scrapped in 1951.
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Reference: A-155-018
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How to cite this page: 'Painting of the SS Maori', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/painting-of-the-ferry%2C-maori, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 24-Aug-2010
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