This is a searchable database of the history of
New Zealand ships, people and organisations
involved with the maritime world. It is maintained
by the New Zealand National Maritime Museum.
More suggestions and sources
Ashby, Ted. Phantom fleet: the scows and
scowmen of Auckland. Wellington: A. H. &
A. W. Reed, 1975.
Clark, Joan. By boats we live.
Auckland: Halcyon, 1988.
Elliott, Robin, and Harold Kidd. The Logans:
New Zealand’s greatest boatbuilding family.
Auckland: David Ling/Auckland War Memorial Museum,
2001.