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The inter-island ferry Maori (3399 tons) is pictured soon after its entry into service in 1907. The first ship to be purpose-built for use on the Lyttelton–Wellington route, the Maori was named after one of the vessels in the Union Steam Ship Company's founding fleet of 1875.
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Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: 1/1-002236-G.
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