Some photos of the small coasters that served on the New Zealand coast.
Click on the following link to view a short film made in 1948 about a voyage on the BREEZE, a Canterbury Shipping Company ship from Wellington to Lyttelton, Wanganui and back to Wellington. http://www.ecasttv.co.nz/program_detail.php?program_id=366&channel_id=60&group_id=61
For many years they were the only regular contact for some of the isolated and small settlements.
Some of the ships which were part of the larger shipping companies are described in other sections. This section includes the small, sometimes only one ship companies.
These small companies included
A G Frankham
Aspden Shipping Company
Collingwood Shipping Company
Eckford and Company
Gisborne Sheepfarmers
Interisland Shipping Company
Karamea Shipping Company
Pearl Kasper Shipping Company
Southern Cross Shipping Company
Southern Fairmile Company
Tiroa Shipping Company
Wanganui Shipping Company
Publication Date:
20/05/2010
