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Maroro – A Peek Down Below

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The Owners – Father & Son

Maroro – A Peek Down Below

One of the classic launches that made the trip up the Waihou River to Paeroa over Easter weekend was the woody – Maroro. Maroro’s home base is the Thames Marina and I have photographed her several times when mooching around the marina, links to these WW stories below https://waitematawoodys.com/2020/11/03/maroro-3/ https://waitematawoodys.com/2021/04/06/maroro-4/

Being berthed alongside the Paeroa Maritime Park & Museum dock provided me the perfect opportunity to say hi and check out the amazing refit / restoration that took place over 8 years. She was re-launched in 2020 and was a cool father and son project. The pivoting helm seat was one example of the very well thought out utilisation of space.

Maroro has a very large chunk of iron in her engine by – the repurposed Dorman engine has previously had several lives ashore as an industrial work horse.

Her owners the Thomas family understand Maroro was built / launched c.1905,  but her designer / builder is unknown, so any help with shedding some light on her past would be much appreciated.

Paeroa Historical Maritime Park & Museum

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Paeroa Historical Maritime Park & Museum

Following on from Easters Woody Cruise up the Waihou River to Paeroa, today we get a sneak peak at the venue for the weekends activities – the Historical Maritime Park & Museum. The Museum is located just above the banks of the river on State Highway 2, just before the township of Paeroa, you can’t miss it. Map at the bottom of todays story.

The Museum building and the surrounding Park grounds hosts an amazing collection of memorabilia from both the area and New Zealand’s nautical past, do stop, you will not be disappointed.

Read / view more at the link below.

https://historicalmaritimepark.co.nz/

Things You Really Need

This Saturday, 23rd, at 10am there is a once in a ‘long time’ auction of marine stuff, serious stuff, stuff that deserves to be on display at the entrance to a marina, or as an outdoor sculpture. Check out the photos below of two of the items – lots more – view here.   https://auction.abauctions.co.nz/auctions/4-5OS4EN/engineering-woodworking-farm-auction

The address is 111 Riverland Road, Riverhead, West Auckland or bid on-line