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Yachting on Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #2012.842.1
Foote and Co. truck (Harry A. Foote). hauling Tangaroa stuck fording the Cardrona River. Cab of truck had to be removed to make way for bow of boat. Went to Queenstown from Pembroke. (Nov 1923) #1004.12
View of Lake Wānaka with second Hotel (c. 1925-35) #2018.1035.2
The Paddlesteamer 'Theodore' beached towards Eely Point, Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #2012.791.2
Lake Wānaka with jetty and paddle steamer aground (unknown date) #2016.991.1
'Tangaroa' at Minaret Station wharf (unknown date) #2012.791.2
'Makarora II' bought by Mr Paterson in 1917 at Makarora Wharf (unknown date) #2020.1155
Wreck of the launch 'Tilikum' (1919) #1989.182.2
"Fishing Trip" (unknown date) #1004.9
Advertisement for Paddle Steamer 'Theodore' for passengers on Lake Wānaka; E.C. Hedditch Proprietor. (1885) #1004.8
The Steamboat, SS 'Makarora' on Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1004.3
Boat 'Sylvia' on Lake Wānaka (1935) #2012.775
Templetons' fishing trip (unknown date) #2021.1206
Canoe on Lake on Paradise Island (Mou Waho) (c. 1920-1935) #2018.1035
Celebrations at Pembroke wharf on Lake Wānaka with PS 'Theodore' and SS 'Makarora' (1 January 1903) #1989.182.2
The SS 'Makarora' (1908) #1989.182.2
'Muratai' at the Wānaka Wharf (c. 1948) #2016.990.11
Wharf at Lake Wānaka (c. 1925-35) #2018.1035
Postcard of Lake Wānaka, Muir and Moodie (unknown date) #1001.20
Foote and Co. truck (Harry A Foote), cab removed and Lake Wānaka Perry's service boat 'Tangaroa' outside the second Wānaka Hotel (24.10.1923) #1004.11
The Neck between Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea (unknown date) #1004.16
Eight horse train hauling the 'Muratai' boat around Nevis Bluff, with Charlie Smith and Jim Ironside (unknown date) #1004.1
Looking towards Pembroke from the eastern shore of Lake Wānaka, with SS 'Makarora' steaming, and PS 'Theodore' ashore. (unknown date) #1989.182.2
Group on the 'Bellbird' at Lake Hāwea (unknown date) #2021.1206
Steamship 'Makarora' alongside the Makarora Jetty at the head of Lake Wānaka while horses and people enjoy the water (unknown date) #1004.4
Allan Kane skiing; Makarora to Wānaka in 65 minutes behind family boat 'Kotuku' (March 1967) #2012.842.1
The 'Tangaroa' (unknown date) #2020.1155
Model of PS 'Theodore' - the model is currently on display at National Transport and Toy Museum, Wānaka. (2020) #2023.1379
The 'Viking' on Lake Wānaka (late 1960s) #1004.14
Lake Wānaka, Boat Ramp (unknown date) #2012.842.1
Bill Taylor's boat 'Viking' attempting up to 30 water-skiers, Lake Wānaka (1969) #2012.842.1
The 'Viking' en route to Pigeon Island (now known as Mou Waho) (unknown date) #1993.292
The 'Malibu' on Lake Wanaka. Colin Tapley was the first owner, and sold to Rex Sherlock, who sold to G. West.' (c. 1947-1955) #1993.292.1
'Malibu II' launching (1955) #2007.562
Boats at Wanaka Wharf; 'Tilikum' on left, 'Kura' on right (1912 - 1919) #1989.182.2
Boats moored in Roys Bay, Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #2020.1155
Ruby Island Cabaret dance floor (c. 1930) #1004.15
Ruby Island Cabaret, leaning on the right post is Claude Bingham (c. 1930) #2022.1225
Ruby Island Cabaret. From Left to Right: George Geer, Cecil Templeton, Gwen Ironside, Lizzie Templeton. (c. 1930) #1004.15
Anderson and Bovett's Stirling lorry in the main street of Cromwell transporting Claude Capell's boat 'Bellbird' from Cromwell Railway Station to Lake Hāwea (1925) #1004.7
Wool bales beside Wānaka Wharf. Perry's service boat 'Tangaroa' is tied up to wharf. (unknown date) #1004.5
Loading a car on a boat at Wānaka Wharf (unknown date) #1004.2
'Malibu II' launching (1955) #2007.562
Paradise Island (Mou Waho) Wharf (unknown date) #2018.1035
The 'Tangaroa' at Minaret Station Wharf (unknown date) #2012.791.9
The 'Tangaroa' loading supplies for Makarora. On wharf seated is Frank Norris, in shirt sleeves is James Perrow, Grocer and his assistant Alex Mole. On launch is Launch J.E. Weavers. The launch on the left side of the wharf is the 'Muratai II' owned by Max Winders (1926) #1993.292.1
Possibly a Whaleboat, beaching in Roy's Bay (unknown date) #2012.791.2
Launch 'Kura' at the Wānaka Jetty. By Earland photographer (unknown date) #2012.791.2
Looking across Lake Wānaka from Eely Point (c. 1916 - 1925) #2019.1088
Lake Wānaka (1918-9) #2012.791.2
'Bellbird' at Meads Landing Lake Hāwea (unknown date) #2008.585
Pembroke from Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1001.12
Roys Bay, '6763 Pembroke L. Wanaka' by Burton Bros (1880's) #1001.6
Pembroke and Lake Wānaka, Muir & Moodie (unknown date) #1985.15
Governor-General Viscount Jellicoe leaves Makarora on the launch Elswick, first published in the Otago Witness (1923) #2025.1622
Group on 'Tilikum' (c. 1909-1919) #2025.1579
Launching of the 'Tinaroa' (1930s) #2024.1562
Launching of the 'Muratai' owned by the Winders Family (unknown date) #2024.1562
PS 'Theodore' on Lake Wānaka (1890) #2024.1554
'Malibu II' Captain West and passengers (unknown date) #2007.562
'Malibu II' at Wanaka Wharf (after 1955) #2007.562
'Malibu II' on trailer (c. 1955) #2007.562
'Malibu II' with passengers at Wānaka wharf (unknown date) #2007.562
'Southern Star' at Minaret Wharf (Previously 'Muratai', changed name in 1952 when ownership changed from D. Grant to J.M. Young) (after 1952) #2022.1257.1
Group on the 'Bellbird' at Lake Hāwea (unknown date) #2021.1206
On the 'Tinaroa' at Pidgeon Island (Mou Waho) (c. 1925-1935) #2021.1206
'Malibu II' (early 1940s) #2021.1187
Minaret Wharf with 'Tangaroa' (unknown date) #2020.1155
Boat 'Tinaroa' with people standing beside. (1940s) #2018.1073
SS 'Makarora' at Pembroke wharf, Lake Wānaka. F.G.R. photo (c. 1904) #2020.1155
Milne Family boat in Roys Bay, Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #2016.990.13
'Elswick' at head of Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #2017.1006.2
Yachting on Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #2012.842.1
Crowd at Wanaka Wharf with 'Argo', owned by Morris Patterson and used to take nine passengers at a time. 'Malibu' at the back, which ran at the same time. (unknown date) #1993.292
The 'Muratai' carrying passengers on Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1993.292
'Tangaroa' at Wānaka Wharf (unknown date) #2012.791.2
Advertisement for Royal Mail Wanaka Ferry Service launch 'Tinaroa', run by John and Sybil Hunt, to carry passengers to Pigeon Island, Paradise Lake or Ruby Island Carnival (Cabaret). (unknown date) #1004.13
Motor vessel, the 'Malibu' boat on Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1004.6
The Launch of 'Tangaroa' at Minaret Station, Lake Wānaka (1932) #1989.182.2
Wānaka Wharf (unknown date) #1989.182.2
Uploading wool bales from 'Kura' on the Lake Wānaka jetty (unknown date) #1989.182.2
Building the Makarora. From L-R: John Scott, Tom Allan, Asher Smith (ship's carpenter), unknown child, Thomas Templeton, Charles Templeton, William Allan (1896-1898) #1989.182.2
Picnic Party Boat 'Tilikum' (unknown date) #1989.182.2
Cobb and Co crossing the Lower Albert Town punt (unknown date) #1009.7
Luggate Ferry and puntman James Smith's house (unknown date) #1011.5
Trout caught commercially in Lake Wānaka, 112 caught, average weight 7lb (8 Oct 1906). #1005.15
Wānaka Tree, photographed by Jean Anderson (1972) #2020.1154.13
Luggate punt ferry carrying a car (unknown date) #1011.6
McLaren's Bridge, Motatapu (1924) #2024.1566
Lake Hāwea Outlet (c. 1950-1957) #1012.1
Lake Wānaka and Wharf (1940s) #2018.1073