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Port Chalmers

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Port Chalmers
The historic town of Port Chalmers is overlooked by the graceful spire of Iona Presbyterian Church (1883) on the hillside. The approach to the modern container terminal is visible at bottom right.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Otago Harbour, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22752/port-chalmers (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.