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Rangitoto Ships Recycled

From Spectrum 4 October 2015

It's been one man's quest to record the whereabouts of ships scuttled on Rangitoto island before they vanish.

Audrey Turner ,far left, with friends. A day out on a wreck, probably the Rarawa, October 1944. (PHOTO: Courtesy The Turner Family)

The Rarawa up on the rocks in Boulder Bay where she was scuttled in 1944. (PHOTO: Courtesy The Turner Family)

Ship's door on the long drop (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

Porthole glass built into bach chimney (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

Crown Wheel and pinion (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

Pieces (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

Bits (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

The Elinor Vernon was filled with waste paper and kerosene and then set alight in June 1928 on Rangitoto (PHOTO: Sir George Grey Special Collections. Auckland Libraries 7-A15082)

Kurt Bennett and the remains of the steamship Ngapuhi at 'Wreck' Bay. (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

Big! Kurt Bennett and Elizabeth Andrew (PHOTO: RNZ David Steemson)

The Steamer Ngapuhi in 1908. She was wrecked on Rangi in 1941. The Navy wanted her engine for the war effort. (PHOTO: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries 7-A15743)

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