![B.016621; [View of Wellington Harbour with Japanese and New Zealand troopships in harbour]; October 1914; Haines, John](https://media.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/59694/preview)
item details
Name[View of Wellington Harbour with Japanese and New Zealand troopships in harbour]
ProductionJohn Haines; photographer; October 1914; New Zealand
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, photographic plates, sheet glass
Materials Summaryfor image credit: print from black and white original glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Dimensions10, 13
Registration NumberB.016621
Overview
The Main Body of the NZEF
This view of Wellington Harbour, from hill behind Durham Street, shows the Japanese and New Zealand troopships in the harbour and Matiu Somes Island in the distance.
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) sailed from Wellington to Europe in October 1914 on vessels acquisitioned from the Union Steam Ship Company, the New Zealand Shipping Company and others. They were escorted by HMS Minotaur and the Japanese cruiser, Ibuki.