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Rose-Noëlle was a trimaran that capsized at 6 AM on June 4, 1989, in the southern Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand. [2] [3] Four men (John Glennie, James Nalepka, Rick Hellriegel and Phil Hoffman) survived adrift on the wreckage of the ship for 119 days.
HMNZS Canterbury is a multi-role vessel (MRV) of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in June 2007, and is the second ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy to carry the name. She is also New Zealand's first purpose-built strategic sealift ship. [5]
In New Zealand's main chain, the easternmost settlement of any note is Tikitiki. The town of Ruatoria is New Zealand's easternmost town. New Zealand's easternmost city, and urban area with a population over 1000, is Gisborne. In the South Island, Ward is the easternmost settlement of significance, Picton is the easternmost town with a ...
The Pencarrow Head Lighthouse at the entrance from Cook Strait to Wellington Harbour was the first permanent lighthouse built in New Zealand. Its first keeper, Mary Jane Bennett, was the only female lighthouse keeper in New Zealand's history. The light was decommissioned in 1935 when it was replaced by the Baring Head Lighthouse.
In 2013, Sealegs CEO David Mckee Wright completed a circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand in a Sealegs 7.7m RIB, the first time an amphibious vehicle had done so. [11] In December 2014, Sealegs released a collaboration with New Zealand boat builder Stabicraft – the Stabicraft 2100 ST (Sealegs Technology). [12]
The 8-foot shark thrashed about on the front of the boat, video shows. ‘Hell of a fright.’ Shark stuns fishermen by jumping in boat, New Zealand video shows
She was to be 51.2 metres (168 ft 0 in) long, the biggest boat on the lake, and the largest steamship built in New Zealand. [4] Transporting the Earnslaw was no easy task. When construction was finally completed, she was dismantled. All the one-quarter-inch (6.4 mm) steel hull plates were numbered for reconstruction much like a jig-saw puzzle.
The Excitor outbound to the 'Hole in the Rock'. The Excitor was a fast boat tourist experience in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, [1] that operated until 2011. It was used on a high-speed trip through the scenic bay out to Cape Brett, where the boat travelled through the 'Hole in the Rock', a natural sea-tunnel (wave-heights permitting). [2]
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