by Gavin McLean
As immigrants began to arrive by sea and trade expanded, New Zealand’s shipping industry was monopolised by a few powerful British and New Zealand companies. They built larger, faster ships, advancing from sail to the glamour of steam liners. These queens of the southern seas were eventually overtaken by air travel and containerisation. Today the ports, once busy with local cargo–passenger vessels, are host to container ships from all corners of the globe.
Main image: A 1940s poster promoting the New Zealand Line
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