Oamaru Harbour
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Oamaru Harbour
Ports were the beachheads of colonial expansion. No town could prosper without one. Oamaru Harbour, which closed to shipping in 1974, is the best place in the country to see how and why all New Zealanders once depended so heavily on sea transport. Read the full article
Page 3 - Colonial beachhead
The disastrous storm of 1868 forced Oamaru to invest in the construction of expensive concrete breakwaters and new larger
Page 4 - Deep-water port
Oamaru's shipping tonnages rose after the First World War, but the port faced tough times as coastal shipping slumped from the
