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Home Images and media photos The trawler Ata enters Oamaru, 1974
In 1973–4, in its dying days as a port, Oamaru briefly exported frozen meat to Tonga. This image shows Warner Pacific’s Ata, a 67-ton trawler, entering the port on 30 January 1974.
Gavin McLean
'The trawler Ata enters Oamaru, 1974', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/ata, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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