September 1, 2025 Press Release – Ministry for Culture and HeritageMerchant Navy Day will be marked by a national commemoration on Wednesday 3 September at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. Maheno at Port Chalmers, 1915The hospital ship Maheno fully dressed and nearing completion at Port Chalmers mid-1915. “Please join us to mark thisContinue reading “Merchant Navy Day at Pukeahu”
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The hospital ship Marama – His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2.
His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2. and given the prefix HMHS (His Majesty’s Hospital Ship).SS Marama was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand from 1907 to 1937. She was a hospital ship in World War I as His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2. History Marama inContinue reading “The hospital ship Marama – His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2.”
