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Te Haruni

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

TE HARUNI

Back in June 2016, woody Mark Edmonds was cruising around Waiheke Island (ashore) & came across an old launch hauled out at a residence in Surfdale. We did a ‘Mystery Launch’ story on her but never uncovered any more details.

Now out of the blue I get an email saying that her name is Te Haruni & she is for sale on Facebook.

A little digging around & I found the fb listing, the asking price is $1800, she has no motor & would have to fit into the ‘work-in-process’ category.

In the listing it states that it was the sellers fathers working project & now needs a new home. I have a contact ph # is anyone is interested.

Hopefully with a name & the above photos we can ID the old girl.

5 thoughts on “Te Haruni”

Ollie Askham on October 3, 2018 at 8:33 pm said:

Te Huruhi is the name of a bay on Waiheke where it’s from, like the school ect…

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paul drake on October 2, 2018 at 7:10 pm said:

Actually, changed my mind. It is clearly TE HARUNI.

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harold531harold on October 2, 2018 at 2:21 pm said:

Of course! TE HARUHI. Still don’t know her, though.

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paul drake on October 2, 2018 at 11:38 am said:

TE HARUHI? After Te Haruhi Bay, Whangaparoa?

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harold531harold on October 2, 2018 at 9:33 am said:

The name looks more like TE HURUNI to me, but neither TE HARUNI nor TE HURUNI appear to be Maori so wothehell?

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