1. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, rounding North Head at the entrance to Aucklands' Waitemata Harbour in her heyday. Date: 1976 Image ID 1088
2. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA - Tug racing - AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored, makes her way back to port following the racing. Date: 29 January 2007 Image ID 3685
3. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' new pilot launch introduced in early 2008. The second pilot launch at the port to bear the name, she is currently supported by the older twin-hulled pilot launch... Date: 31 March 2008 Image ID 4594
4. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, outbound to take the pilot off an outbound vessel. Date: 30 September 2011 Image ID 7035
5. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, outbound to take the pilot off an outbound vessel. Date: 21 October 2011 Image ID 7142
6. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch leaving Viaduct Harbour after putting a pilot aboard a superyacht prior to departure. AKARANA is the second Auckland pilot vessel to carry the name. Date: 22 May 2012 Image ID 8020
7. AKARANA - Ports of Auckland pilot launch accompanies Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior into Auckland from the Hauraki Gulf. Astern is a Waveney-class lifeboat, now a privately-owned vessel based in... Date: 11 January 2013 Image ID 8523
8. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, inbound to her regular berth after picking up a pilot from an outbound vessel. Date: 23 February 2013 Image ID 8704
9. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch, inbound to her regular berth after picking up a pilot from an outbound vessel. Date: 23 February 2013 Image ID 8705
10. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) prior to undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6514
11. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) prior to undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6515
12. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. Assisting in the undocking is the long-serving Ports of Auckland... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6517
13. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) prepares for undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6518
14. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she headed... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6519
15. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she headed... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6520
16. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) - funnel detail seen while vessel was in drydock in Auckland, NZ. Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6522
17. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she headed... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6523
18. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she headed... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6524
19. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) alongside the training wharf having undocked from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6525
20. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocking from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she headed... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6527
21. ARAHURA (1983/7633grt/IMO 8201454) undocks from the Babcock Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand following routine maintenance. After taking her port and starboard lifeboats aboard she headed... Date: 8 Sept 2010 Image ID 6528
22. ARCADIA (2005/83781grt/IMO 9226906) alongside at Auckland's Queen Wharf at the beginning of her maiden call on 17 February 2010. Queens Wharf is currently, and has been for some considerable number of... Date: 17 February 2010 Image ID 6152
23. ARCADIA (2005/83781grt/IMO 9226906) alongside at Auckland's Queen Wharf at the beginning of her maiden call on 17 February 2010.
Queens Wharf is currently, and has been for some considerable number... Date: 17 February 2010 Image ID 6153
24. ARCADIA (2005/83781grt/IMO 9226906) alongside at Auckland's Queen Wharf at the beginning of her maiden call on 17 February 2010. Queens Wharf is currently, and has been for some considerable number of... Date: 17 February 2010 Image ID 6154
25. ARCADIA (2005/83781grt/IMO 9226906) alongside soon after dawn at Auckland's Queen Wharf at the beginning of her maiden call on 17 February 2010. Queens Wharf is currently, and has been for some... Date: 17 February 2010 Image ID 6155
26. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA - Tug racing - AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch (left), FERRO (1905) also a former AHB pilot launch and tug and SIERRA (1917, and slightly... Date: 29 January 2007 Image ID 3684
27. Auckland ferry basin and terminal seen from the harbour with a backdrop of CBD high-rise tower bloclks Date: 9 February 2011 Image ID 6765
28. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Seafuels, a joint venture between Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) and Pacific Basin Shipping, welcomed their brand new bunkering tanker AWANUIA when she arrived in... Date: 20 August 2009 Image ID 5786
29. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Seafuels, a joint venture between Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) and Pacific Basin Shipping, welcomed their brand new bunkering tanker AWANUIA when she arrived in... Date: 20 August 2009 Image ID 5787
30. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Seafuels, a joint venture between Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) and Pacific Basin Shipping, welcomed their brand new bunkering tanker AWANUIA when she arrived in... Date: 20 August 2009 Image ID 5789
31. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Seafuels, a joint venture between Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) and Pacific Basin Shipping, welcomed their brand new bunkering tanker AWANUIA when she arrived in... Date: 20 August 2009 Image ID 5790
32. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Jens Madsen, MD of Ports of Auckland, accompanies the tankers Godmother, Moana Tamaariki-Pohe of Ngati Whatua o Orakei, as she prepares to launch the champagne... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5825
33. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - lays alongside Auckland's Princes Wharf and Hilton Hotel in readiness for her official naming ceremony. The new Turkish-built bunkering tanker is owned by Seafuels,... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5826
34. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - alongside Auckland's Princes Wharf and Hilton Hotel shortly after her blessing and naming ceremony. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5828
35. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Presentations over, Richard Potton, Ports of Auckland of marketing, Sales and Product Development, wraps up the official part of the AWANUIA naming ceremony. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5829
36. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Jens Madsen, MD of Ports of Auckland, accompanies the tankers Godmother, Moana Tamaariki-Pohe of Ngati Whatua o Orakei, as she prepares to launch the champagne... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5830
37. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Jens Madsen (R) Managing Director of Ports of Auckland and Chairman of Seafuels Ltd and Ngati Whatua o Orakei's Moana Tamaariki-Pohe (AWANUIA's godmother, in red)... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5831
38. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - L-R: Jens Madsen, Managing Director Ports of Auckland and Chairman of Seafuels; Captain John Skrine, master of AWANUIA; Klaus Nyborg, Deputy CEO Pacific Basin... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5832
39. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Daniel Peterson, Oceania Business Manager of Shell Australia, addresses gathered guests during the AWANUIA naming ceremony in Auckland. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5833
40. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Klaus Nyborg, Deputy CEO of Pacific Basin Shipping, addresses guests at the AWANUIA naming ceremony, in Auckland. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5834
41. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Klaus Nyborg, Deputy CEO of Pacific Basin Shipping, addresses guests at the AWANUIA naming ceremony. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5835
42. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Jens Madsen, Managing Director of Ports of Auckland and Chairman of Seafuels Ltd, addresses the guests during AWANUIA's official naming ceremony in Auckland. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5836
43. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Jens Madsen, Managing Director of Ports of Auckland and Chairman of Seafuels Ltd, addresses the guests during AWANUIA's official naming ceremony in Auckland. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5837
44. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Richard Potton, Ports of Auckland's Sales, Marketing and Product Development Manager, addresses guests during the AWANUIA naming ceremony. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5838
45. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - the BAnd of the Royal New Zealand Navy perform as guests arrive for AWANUIA's official naming ceremony in Auckland, NZ. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5839
46. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - the Band of the Royal New Zealand Navy performing during AWANUIA's naming ceremony in Auckland, NZ. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5840
47. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Catherine Taylor, Director of Maritime New Zealand, inspects the bridge controls of the new Seafuels bunkering tanker AWANUIA shortly before the ship's naming... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5841
48. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - the engine room showing one of her two azipod propulsion units. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5842
49. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - the workshop area in AWANUIA's engine room. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5843
50. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Awanuia's master Captain John Skrine on the bridge of the newly named bunkering tanker at Ports of Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5844
51. AWANUIA (2009/2747gt/IMO 9458042) - Her master Captain John Skrine (R) points out aspects of the newly named bunkering tanker's bridge equipment to Jens Madsen, Ports of Auckland's Managing Director... Date: 8 September 2009 Image ID 5845