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Onehunga Scenes
Sights from vantage points the general public generally can't access,
but "friends in low places" can! :-)

"Union Nelson" loading a container of sugar at Onehunga
Sourced from Union Shipping's in-house magazine, Linkspan
This is what "Tika" looks like out of the water. Pictured undergoing her five-yearly survey on Onehunga Wharf in April 2012
Taken by Duncan Montgomery, NZ Coastal Shipping Forum
Looking down Onehunga Wharf past "Spirit Of Resolution" from the vantage point of the mooring dolphin
Taken by Duncan Montgomery, NZ Coastal Shipping Forum
A water taxi picks up the pilot from "Spirit Of Resolution" near Point Puponga, after guiding her through the Wairopa Channel
Taken by Duncan Montgomery, NZ Coastal Shipping Forum
"Tika" towing a yacht into the Harbour, in between the Manukau Heads and Points Puponga and Mako
Taken by Duncan Montgomery, NZ Coastal Shipping Forum

Right:  "Westport" ploughing through the South Channel en route through the Manukau Heads, as seen from South Head
Published in the Central Leader in the 1980s
"Fijian" and "Kali" (obscured) alongside on a mid-80s Sunday avo

Left:  Two 12.5m, 10 tonne stainless steel brewing tanks, each with a 66,000 litre capacity, stowed aboard "Union Nelson" ahead of her next trip to Lyttelton, where they were unloaded onto wide load trucks for the road trip to Washdyke, where they were installed at the DB brewery.
Published in Union Shipping's in-house magazine, Linkspan
"Tika" towing "Spirit Of Resolution" to a safe anchorage point after her grounding on 5 February 2011, with Lynfield, Wattle Bay and Cape Horn in the background
Taken by Duncan Montgomery, NZ Coastal Shipping Forum
The airport rescue hovercraft going through her paces on the Manukau

Below:  "Otapiri", "Ichi" and "Nausicaa Star" going nowhere fast at low tide, with the fishing fleet basin clearly in urgent need of some dredging work  
"Spirit Of Progress" in full working order at Onehunga
Sourced from "Spirit Of The Coast - The Story of Pacifica Shipping",
by Nick Tolerton
"Westport" drawing up alongside her berth on 27 March 2016,
exactly forty years after her maiden call
Job done! "Tika" moves away after nudging "Westport"
 into her berth on 27 March 2016
"Tika" approaching her berth at Onehunga Wharf, 27 March 2016
How "Westport" appears alongside,
viewed from beneath the cement silos
The weight limits on the various sections of Onehunga Wharf
The POAL survey launch "Acheron", tied up alongside 'Tika"
The Moorings & Marine Services barge, "Zane Grey"
A long-serving member of the stevedoring team handling the lines
Marine Services Auckland's nifty "Team Effort" on patrol
 A novel way of reserving a berth for a ship!
The Harbourmaster on duty

Left:  Yacht racing on the Manukau, with two of the Manukau Yacht & Motor Boat Club's fleet split by the formidable sight of "Milburn Carrier II" alongside the wharf in the background (Source: MYMBC)
An old buoy, once located in the Manukau
An unidentified fishing vessel in Wesley Bay, heading to sea
"Westport" escorted into port on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of her maiden call by the tug "Tika" and the trawler "Margaret Phillipa"