Story: Ports and harbours All images & media From page 1 – Beachheads and beginnings ‘Birds’-eye view of Port Nicholson’ Dunedin’s first jetty Harbour politics Boardroom of the former Wellington Harbour Board A cutter loading wheat From page 2 – Port development Ports past and present From page 3 – Types of ports Building Railway Wharf Victoria Channel Tragedy on Greymouth bar The port of Westport Napier breakwater Ōamaru’s developing harbour (1st of 3) Ōamaru breakwater, 1880s (2nd of 3) Ōamaru Harbour, 2002 (3rd of 3) From page 4 – The Victorian era to 1960 Cranes on Wellington wharves Loading at Napier Wellington Waterside Workers' Union Kaiapoi port From page 5 – The modern era Bluff’s all-weather loaders (1st of 3) Reclaiming Wellington Harbour (2nd of 3) The Wellington Harbour Board's new container crane (3rd of 3) Port of Timaru Container cranes, Sulphur Point The Viaduct Basin