1. MEOLA - a workboat built for the Ministry of Works in Port Chalmers in 1961 by Miller & Tunnage. She also spent a time commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Date: 26 January 2026
Image ID 14521

2. MEOLA - a workboat built for the Ministry of Works in Port Chalmers in 1961 by Miller & Tunnage. She also spent a time commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Date: 26 January 2026
Image ID 14548

3. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) - now in the colours of Total Marine of Auckland was built by Marine Steel of Auckland and based on a North American design. At just under 20m in length...
Date: 26 March 2024
Image ID 13453

4. KAITIAKI - Total Marine's 10.79m steel single screw tug/general workboat had at work on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 March 2024
Image ID 13454

5. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland.
Date: 30 June 2020
Image ID 12372

6. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland.
Date: 30 June 2020
Image ID 12373

7. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland.
Date: 30 June 2020
Image ID 12374

8. TRANS FUTURE 7 (2006/60401grt/IMO 9326093) - becoming the very first vessel to use it, Toyofuji Shipping's car carrier is manoeuvred alongside Ports of Auckland's newly completed but yet to be...
Date: 27 April 2018
Image ID 11294

9. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) and Thomson Towboats WAINUI get friendly after crossing the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10317

10. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) a regular entrant over the past years.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10329

11. OLIVE ROSE - built of kauri planking in 1914 by Norman (Snorky) Inglis, brother of Tom Inglis, a shipsmith of Devonport, Auckland. She is seen here looking resplendent leaving Westhaven Marina,...
Date: 14 January 2015
Image ID 9915

12. TRANQUIL IMAGE (1995) - a 76' aluminium work boat owned and operated by Western Work Boats of Tauranga, NZ, inbound to the port of Auckland as the car carrier HOEGH DETROIT passes outbound for Japan....
Date: 13 October 2014
Image ID 9779

13. EL FRESCO built by Bladerunner Boats of New Zealand departs Victoria Wharf, Devonport, Auckland en-route to Waiheke Island.
Date: 13 August 2011
Image ID 6931

14. TAIKEHU - a Department of Conservation-operated RHIB seen here outbound from Auckland for the islands of the nearby Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 26 July 2010
Image ID 6354

15. CURLEW (built 1913) - took line honours in the 2010 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race sponsored by Professional Skipper magazine. Curlew was a first-time entrant and only last year was facing...
Date: 1 Feb 2010
Image ID 6036

16. CURLEW (built 1913) - took line honours in the 2010 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race sponsored by Professional Skipper magazine. Curlew was a first-time entrant and only last year was facing...
Date: 1 Feb 2010
Image ID 6038

17. MARSDEN BAY (ex-JUTA 1) - an 1800 tonne capacity cement carrying barge operated by Golden Bay Cement of New Zealand, is towed by the dedicated tug KORAKI (1985/125grt) on left, between the company's...
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 5081

18. ENTERPRISE II (1966) seen here making for the start line in the second ever Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. ENTERPRISE II was built in Picton for the New Zealand Marine Dept to service...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4386

19. ENTERPRISE II (1966) seen here making for the start line in the second ever Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. ENTERPRISE II was built in Picton for the New Zealand Marine Dept to service...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4387

20. FACILITATOR - a 9-metre motorised landing craft based in Auckland, New Zealand and servicing the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Capable of up to 30 knots the vessel is used for transporting any cargo of...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4388

21. FACILITATOR - a 9-metre motorised landing craft based in Auckland, New Zealand and servicing the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. She is seen here at speed passing BONDI BELLE (1898) and KAREWA (1951)...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4389

22. FACILITATOR - a 9-metre motorised landing craft based in Auckland, New Zealand and servicing the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4390

23. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) - is currently working between Whangarei and Auckland towing a bulk cement barge. She was built by Marine Steel of Auckland and based on a North...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4407

24. KUMI (ex-ELIZA) - built in 1905 by Bailey & Lowe. She was later purchased by the Whangarei Harbour Board. She is seen here heading for the start line of the 168th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4408

25. KUMI (1905, ex-Eliza) leads Sea-Tow's KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) around the first mark during the running of the second ever tug race, held as part of the 168th Auckland...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4409

26. OLGA is a 54' wooden pleasure boat of workboat design. She was built in Opua in the Bay of Islands, NZ and her owners undertake the occasional towing job. She is seen here participating in the parade...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4414

27. OLGA is a 54' wooden pleasure boat of workboat design. She was built in Opua in the Bay of Islands, NZ and her owners undertake the occasional towing job. She and the coal-burning preserved steam tug...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4415

28. SIERRA (foreground), PACIFIC WAY (right) and KUMI (1905, ex-ELIZA)take part in the parade of vessels after the running of the 168th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race.
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4426

29. SIERRA (1917) was built as a harbour ferry and general workboat. She was also part of the Subritzky fleet in later years. She was steamed around the coast to Auckland in the 1950's and used as a...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4427

30. SIERRA (1917) at right, was built as a harbour ferry and general workboat. She was also part of the Subritzky fleet in later years. She was steamed around the coast to Auckland in the 1950's and used...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4428

31. SIERRA (1917) was built as a harbour ferry and general workboat. She was also part of the Subritzky fleet in later years. She was steamed around the coast to Auckland in the 1950�s and used as a...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4429

32. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - built by Lobnitz and Co in Renfrew, Scotland, she took 84 days to steam out to New Zealand after which she gave 41 years sterling service at the port of...
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4453

33. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA- Seatows' KORAKI operates between Auckland and Whangarei in Northland, NZ. In the background is the Scottish-built vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935).
Date: 29 January 2007
Image ID 3692

34. FACILITATOR IV - a 9-metre, high-speed (up to 30 knots) landing craft/barge operated mainly around the waters near Auckland, New Zealand but deployable anywhere around the country by road trailer.
Date: 8 December 2004
Image ID 4733

35. SANTO STAR - a landing craft-style barge operated around the islands of the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 20 September 2004
Image ID 4839

36. FACILITATOR III - a 9-metre, high-speed (up to 30 knots) landing craft/barge operated mainly around the waters near Auckland, New Zealand but deployable anywhere around the country by road trailer.
Date: 5 December 2003
Image ID 4732