Built in 1907. Salvage tug of 260 grt, based in Wellington Harbour and owned by the Union Steam Ship Company. Sold to Australian Steam Ships Pty, Melbourne, in 1947.
Terawhiti (Tugboat)
Salmon album 10
Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]
From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints
By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999
Reference: PA1-q-206
Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm
Munt album
Date: 1919
From: Munt, Jeanie, fl 1978 :Album of a selection of tourist photographs, of a school and of the Munt family, and loose prints
By: Jobson, Nancy, 1880-1964
Reference: PA1-o-356
Description: Album created by Nancy Jobson, the first principal of Queen Margaret College when it opened in Hobson Street in 1919. Photographs have captions, listing various staff members, including Miss Fyfe, Miss Gold, Miss Irving and Miss Naylor; pupils listed only with Christian names; and interior and exterior views of the school. Activities and outings are shown, including celebrations around Peace Day, with a visit on board HMS New Zealand (showing gun turrets, decks, and views from the wharf), banners and processions; picnics at the beach; trips to Kapiti Island; and pupils dressed for a performance of the Merchant of Venice. For full names of the pupils and staff of Queen Margaret College in 1919 see `A history of Queen Margaret College' by Mollie D Gambrill (1969) "Nancy Jobson" is printed in ink on the last page of the album. Inscriptions: Album page - `To dear Olive in loving appreciation and memory of her love and fidelity through the long years since 1919, from Nancy Jobson' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red-brown mock-suede cover, end-papers with brown, gold and red pattern; inscribed `N.J., Wellington 1919' in gold lettering; 21 x 26 cm
Union Company - Ships - T-V
Date: [ca 1947-1963]
From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7271-33
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Field, George Alexander Hughes, 1905-1992 :SS Mararoa. SS Terawiti, tug. U.S. frigate, ...
Date: 1909
From: Field, George Alexander Hughes, 1905-1992 :[Sketchbooks] 1909-1916
Reference: A-214-022
Description: Extended Title - SS Terawhiti Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and crayon drawing 245 x 310 mm
The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui
Date: 22 Jul 1939
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-048894-G
Description: The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui, 22 July 1929. Shows the tugs Terawhiti (right), and Kahanui. Unidentified lighters are taking off the cargo. Evening Post (newspaper) photograph. Photographer unidentified. For a similar photograph, see the Evening Post (newspaper), 22/7/1939, page 17, also 22/7/1959, page 7. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui
Date: 22 Jul 1939
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-048929-G
Description: The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui, 22 July 1929. Shows the tugs Terawhiti (far right), and Kahanui (foreground). Unidentified lighters are taking off the cargo. The two other boats are unidentified. Evening Post (newspaper) photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
View over Customhouse Quay to the Lyttelton ferry berth, Wellington
Date: [193-?]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-045632-G
Description: View over Shed 13 on Customhouse Quay looking towards the Lyttelton ferry berth, Wellington, taken ca 1930s by Sydney Charles Smith. Includes Harbour Board sheds 13 (foreground) and 15 (alongside 13). Also includes the following vessels from the foreground into the distance: tug boats 'Natone' and 'Terawhiti', the 'Muritai' at the Eastbourne ferry wharf, ahead of her the 'Janie Seddon', and the 'Wahine' at the inter-island wharf. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative