Story: Shipwrecks
Page 9. All images & media
From page 1 - Māori shipwreck stories
From page 2 - Perils of the sea: 19th century
From page 3 - Graveyard harbours
From page 4 - Improved safety
From page 5 - 20th-century shipwrecks
From page 6 - The Rainbow Warrior and Mikhail Lermontov
From page 7 - Underwater history
How to cite this page
Gerard Hutching, Shipwrecks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/13512/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Gerard Hutching, published 2 March 2009.