The Felixstowe was a barque trading into Ōtaki. She was wrecked on 13 October 1878 when - like the Hydrabad in June of the same year - she mistook the northern end of Kāpiti, on which there was no lighthouse, for Stephens Island in Cook Straight. ...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1878

The Hydrabad, 1350 tons, ran aground on the beach a mile south of Waitarere on the night of 24 June 1878. She was bound for Adelaide to Lyttleton, loaded with iron for the New Zealand railways and had few passengers. No lives were lost in the wrec...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1878

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 January, 1964. "Sea, sand and wind have taken their toll of the Hyderabad beached at Waitarere. Nevertheless, it is still an attraction for the young. They scramble u...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Waitarere
Date:          1964-01-14T00:00:00+00:00