Date	From	To	Activity
24/4/80	0630	1000	Pilot to Vili at Huia Buoy. Assist Sami shift from A to alongside Fijian at B. Assist Vili into A. Assist Sami from alongside Fijian at B to alongside Vili at A.
	1200	1230	Assist Westport out of D
	1400	1430	Assist Titoki into C
	1600	1830	Assist Sami from alongside Vili at A and pick up pilot at buoy #5
2/5/80	1100	1230	Shift AHB derrick punt to inside wharf. Shift trawler San Rakino from A to inside wharf. Shift trawler Albert Sanford from A to D.
10/5/80	1500	1600	Assist Frysna out of B. Assist Niuvakai out of C.
21/5/80	1100	1300	Pilot to Aidan at buoy #13 and assist in alongside Sami at C. Shift trawler San Rakino to alongside trawler Albert Sanford inside wharf.
6/6/80	0930	1400	Check positions of buoys #11, 12, 13, 16, 20, 29 and 35, and dumping ground buoys
30/6/80	0930	1030	Called out to assist Fijian aground at buoy #1
19/7/80	0900	1600	Pilot to Mirabella and assist into D. Shift trawler San Manukau from alongside Vili at B to inside wharf. Standby Vili sailing from B and pick up pilot at Heads.
4/8/80	1000	1230	Pilot to Josephine off Puponga and assist into A
28/8/80	1200	1400	Shift trawler Jay Elaine from alongside trawler Donna Marie at end of wharf to fishing basin. Assist Westport into D. Shift trawler Donna Marie from end of wharf to outside Jay Elaine at fishing wharf.
26/9/80	0830	1300	Pilot to Pacific Viking at Heads. Assist Josephine shift from B to alongside Fijian at D. Assist Pacific Viking into B.
6/11/80	1100	1400	Pick up then relay "Araki" moorings
31/1/81	1530	2300	Pilot to Thor Star and anchor at Cornwallis. (Assisted into A on 1 Feb, 0630 - 1030)
8/3/81	0930	1530	Pilot to Sigrid S and assist into B
18/3/81	1430	1530	Remove parts of bridge from under wharf
6/4/81	0900	1300	Assist Niuvakai out of B. Assist Aidan shift from alongside Fijian at C to B. Pick up compass adjuster off Niuvakai at Huia Bay.
7/4/81	1130	1230	Attempt to capsize AHB hopper barge - unsuccessful!
14/5/81	1600	1700	Shift Aidan from A to across end of wharf. (NB This was done again on 4/8/81, and captured by Whites Aviation a day later)
7/8/81	1130	1500	Pilot to Daniella at Big Bay and assist into D
15/10/81	0800	1600	Assist Vili out of B. Sound south channel over Bar and look for wreck of "Brothers"
31/10/81	1300	1400	Assist Westport into A. Assist Fijian out of D and assist Westport into D.
5/12/81	1130	1500	Shift Adi Viti from D to alongside Onehunga at B. Pilot to Niuvakai at Tokoroa Point and assist into A.
13/1/82	1600	1730	Assist Onehunga out of C. Assist Tasi into C.
6/2/82	0630	1030	Pilot to Tiare Moana aground at buoy #1. Refloated at 0825. Assist into A. Assist Westport into D.
12/2/82	1300	1400	Tug to Cape Horn to scatter ashes of late Captain Ross Berry, Harbour Master from 1975-80
20/3/82	1100	1130	Assist Titoki out of A (final sailing)
30/3/82	1130	1330	Assist Tasi out of C. Tug to Seacliff ramp to sluice mud.
31/3/82	1130	1600	Pilot to Union Nelson and assist into C
20/4/82	1030	1130	Police to Adi Viti at Capte Horn to assist into B
31/7/82	1500	1700	Shift Onehunga from alongside Adi Viti at A to stream. Assist Adi Viti out of A. Shift Union Nelson from D to A. Assist Onehunga in alongside Union Nelson at A.
18/8/82	0930	1100	Shift Sami from B to across end of wharf. Assist Westport into D.
2/9/82	1230	1300	Shift San Hauraki from inside wharf to alongside San Manukau at end of wharf
17/9/82	0730	1430	Sound between buoys #1 and 3 and shift buoy #3
21/9/82	0500	1500	Pilot to Heads for Carmen. Proceed to Carmen, disabled 14 miles off coast in 230 degrees from South Head. Tow ship to Onehunga and berth at C. (Next morning, Carmen was shifted to the end of the wharf, the first of nine occasions the ship would be shifted by Manukau during her 42 days in port).
1/10/82	0830	0900	Pull broken pile in fishing basin
3/10/82	0830	1200	Assist Tasi out of C and pick up pilot off Puponga. Transfer pilot to Avondale off Puponga and assist into C.
29/10/82	0830	1230	Assist Carmen from end of wharf. Accompany ship down harbour and assist to berth at end of wharf.
5/11/82	0930	1300	Assist Westport out of D. Pilot to Avondale at Big Bay. Picked up body at Huia Buoy. Assist Avondale into C.
	1400	1600	Tug to W.H. Orbell (a trailing suction hopper dredger) at buoy #13 and assist to anchor off Boat Bay.
9/1/83	1600	1800	Tow trawler Brac off bank between buoys #14 and 16
8/2/83	1030	1230	Clear Tasi anchor. Assist Fijian into B.
24/2/83	1000	1600	Replace buoys #35 and 37. Remove two marker buoys from South Head and buoyage inspection.
4/3/83	0900	1000	Shift trawlers San Alexandra, Recovery and Jay Belinda out of fishing berth to A
16/3/83	0800	1330	Pilots to Tasi and Slotergracht and assist Slotergracht into A
30/3/83	1100	1200	Tow San Susan to grid
31/3/83	1230	1300	Tow barge Blue Heron from slip to B
7/4/83	1400	1600	Tow hopper barge to dumping ground ("Manukau" made several such trips throughout the 1980s, with a location west of Puketutu Island her dropping point)
13/4/83	0930	1330	Pilot to Moana II at Heads and assist in across end of wharf
20/4/83	1400	1500	Tug to White Bluff to check on oil pipe progress
22/4/83	1830	1930	Tug to buoy #23 to light way for Westport and assist into D
26/4/83	0830	1330	Take Russian doctor Nickolai outside Bar
5/5/83	1730	1900	Tug to Cape Horn to meet Westport and assist into D
10/5/83	1100	1200	Tug to Union Nelson to assist in. Unable to berth because of high wind.
11/5/83	0600	1130	Pilots to Tasi and Vili at Huia Buoy and assist Vili in alongside Tasi at D
20/6/83	1400	1800	Supply run to Union Nelson at Wattle Bay. Tow barge Blue Heron off old Mangere Bridge.
19/8/83	1000	1330	Lay special buoys off Cornwallis
19/9/83	0830	1530	Reposition Wairopa Channel buoys (This process took four days, concluding on 22/9 - 25.5 hours in total)
20/10/83	0530	1000	Pilot to Fairlift at Heads and assist into D. Assist Fijian into C.
29/10/83	1300	1630	Assist Fijian out of B and follow ship to Paratutai - stowaways. One detective.
12/1/84	0400	0430	Tug called out to trawler San Cuvier aground near buoy #17. Returned to wharf after trawler refloated by San Colville. (Earliest start)
22/1/84	1300	1330	Shift trawler Gay Jan from A to alongside Jay Belinda at fishing wharf
24/1/84	1400	1830	Pilot to Paloma at Heads and assist into C
30/1/84	1100	1200	Shift trawlers Bengal Bank and Donna Maria from main wharf to fishing wharf
27/2/84	2030	2230	Light up buoys from #21 up and assist Milburn Carrier into D
1/3/84	1700	1900	Assist Fijian aground at buoy #35 and assist into B
30/3/84	0530	0600	Assist Westport out of D and light up buoys to #31
11/4/84	0600	1000	Pilot to Lali and assist into B
23/5/84	1500	1530	Assist Milburn Carrier shift from D to B
	1730	1930	Light up buoys for Westport and assist into D
15/6/84	1300	1730	Pilot to Tasi at Heads. Anchored ship at French Bay.
27/6/84	0600	0700	Assist Union Nelson out of A and light up buoys to #20
10/7/84	1330	1530	Oil dispersal on harbour
21/7/84	1730	1900	Light up buoys from Cape Horn for Westport and assist into D
30/8/84	1030	1530	Check two moorings at Jenkins Bay and replace buoy #7
7/9/84	1030	1800	Two return trips to Fijian anchored at Wattle Bay - Marine Dept., Labour Dept,. etc. on board
11/9/84	0700	0930	Two Fijian from Mill Point to wharf and assist into C
9//185	1300	1850	Pilot to Tasi at Heads and anchor ship at Mill Point
29/1/85	1130	1530	Pilot to Induna and assist into B
9/4/85	1230	1830	Pilot to Kali at Heads and assist into B
21/5/85	0700	1400	To Heads to survey Bar. Cancelled because of fog. Both engines stalled while berthing.
31/5/85	0930	1430	Lay buoys between Puponga and Mako Points (Harbour Planning)
13/6/85	0830	1430	Survey Papakura Channel (beacon positions)
25/7/85	0700	0730	Assist Westport out of D and lead ship to buoy #20
8/8/85	1330	1400	Tug to Grannys Bay to check on depths
26/8/85	1600	1700	Assist Tasi out of C. Return ship to berth because of mechanical failure.
30/8/85	0600	1000	Pilot to Sami at Puponga. Shift Tasi from B to alongside Westport at D. Assist Sami into B. Shift Tasi from alongside Westport at D to alongside Sami at B.
4/9/85	1300	1400	Shift trawlers San Rakino and San Hauraki to alongside trawlers San Manukau and Albert Sanford inside wharf
7/9/85	1300	1630	Assist Auckland Express out of A. Tow Fijian off bank opposite buoy #2 and assist into B. Assist Westport into D.
27/9/85	0700	1100	Assist Auckland Express out of A and pick up pilot at Huia Buoy. Transfer pilot to Kaapgracht at Huia Buoy and assist into A.
14/10/85	0930	1630	Tidal observations off Puponga Point
27/11/85	0900	1200	Assist Union Nelson out of C. Assist Auckland Express out of A. Pilot to Greenville VI. Assist Fijian into B.
1/12/85	0930	1330	Assist Westport out of D. Pilot to Rex Star and assist into C.
17/12/85	1300	1330	Assist Union Nelson out of A (final sailing)
23/12/85	0600	0930	Pilot to Canterbury Express at Huia Buoy and assist into A. Assist Westport into D.
24/1/86	1045	1145	Assist Westport into D. Assist Milburn Carrier into B.
11/2/86	1200	1230	Turn Rex Star around on B
6/9/86	1030	1630	Assist Rex Star out of B. Travel to Puponga and return. Assist Milburn Carrier into D. Travel to Big Bay to pick up pilot and return.
27/11/86	1930	2030	Assist Milburn Carrier into D. Assist Westport into B.
5/12/86	2230	2300	Assist Fijian out of B (Latest finish)
6/1/87	0700	1900	Tow MacDow barge Sandy to Weymouth and lay moorings and return
13/2/87	0900	1300	Pick up pilot at Bar from Ryujin Maru #8
17/3/87	1000	1930	Tow Ministry of Works barge from wharf to Kauri Point and lay anchors
17/4/87	0930	1000	Turn around San Te Maru #17 at D
27/4/87	0500	1200	Pilot to Norfolk Trader and return. Assist Milburn Carrier out of D. Assist Norfolk Trader into A. Pilot to Rex Star and assist into D.
10/5/87	0730	0830	Assist Westport out of D and lead to Cape Horn - fog
16/5/87	1600	1700	Turn Canterbury Express at A
18/8/87	1500	1800	Pilot to Capricornia at Big Bay and assist into B
1/10/87	1130	1400	Assist Westport out of D. Assist Milburn Carrier shift from C to D. Tow hopper barge to dumping ground.
29/10/87	0700	1500	Tow McConnell Dowell barge Sandy from LPG terminal
16/11/87	0900	1530	Lift crew to Papakura, buoy #3, and paint beacons
30/11/87	0900	1400	Survey crew to LPG landing and return