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Hauiti
 Sourced from JT Diamond collection, Auckland Libraries, JTD-19M-04635
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Built of wood by G.T. Niccol in Auckland for the Northern Steamship Company, she serviced the Auckland - Warkworth route up to three times a week until the outbreak of World War Two, at which point she was commissioned by the Royal NZ Navy for use as an examination ship at the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour.
After the war, she was sold to the South Westland Shipping Company in 1947 and converted to a motor ship, with her gross tonnage increasing at this time.
It was under their stewardship that she visited Onehunga, making her last visit in January 1954. Three months later, on 24 April, she struck rocks in Cook Strait en route to Wellington with a cargo of apples from Motueka, going under within thirty minutes. Her crew of nine, led by Captain P.E. Charles, were rescued by the collier "Kokiri" over two hours later.
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