Northern Steam Ship Company Photo Album

This page contains a few of the larger photographs which contain vessels of the Northern Steam Ship Company. In particular, it features some photographs of a group of vessels at Puke Wharf at Paeroa. If you can help with the identification of these vessels, please Email us.

WAIMARIE at Paeroa. Photograph: Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum Bill Laxon loan

Above:
"Discharging Paeroa cargo both hatches." The WAIMARIE working at Puke Wharf, Paeroa, with barges and steam tug alongside.
Photograph: Paeroa Historical Society

The vessels are believed to be Left to Right tug ROTOKOHU, barge WAIHOU, tug LION, steamer WAIMARIE and an unidentified barge.

Left:
WAIMARIE at Paeroa.
Photograph: Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum - Bill Laxon loan.

The vessels are believed to be Left to Right steamer WAIMARIE barge WAIHOU and tug ROTOKOHU.

Below:
TANIWHA at Paeroa.
Photograph: Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum, NSS Co Scrapbook.

The photograph is from the Northern Steam Ship Company Scrapbook.
The caption for the photograph is: "TANIWHA. at Paeroa. Tug alongside ROTOKOHU. Background paddle tug KOPU".
However, the back of the photograph says: "TANIWHA at Paeroa with the NSS Co. tug LION."