Davey Jones of Wakatahuri
$47.99
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2025
Summary
Wakatahuri in the outer Pelorus Sound at the top of the South Island has been many things to many people. A fish-factory, a boat-yard, a ship-breaking base, and a community hub. For legendary navigator Kupe, it was a place to repair his waka. For the McManaway, Wells, and Jones families, it has been a place to live and thrive. For countless fishers, seafarers, and summer visitors, it has been a place of fascination and wonder.
Davey Jones came to Wakatahuri as a young fisherman in 195…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780473744618 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0473744619 |
| Author: | Davey Jones |
| Publisher: | davey jones aquaculture |
| Imprint: | davey jones aquaculture |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 770g |
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Davey Jones
David Harrison Jones grew up in Tadmore and then Picton, where he did a boatbuilding apprenticeship before becoming a commercial fisherman. He worked out of Wakatahuri, Stewart Island and Havelock and settled permanently at Wakatahuri where he became involved in shipbreaking with the Wells brothers. In later years he turned to mussel farming and trans-Tasman voyaging, making trips to Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu as well as extensively cruising the coastline of New Zealand in his 42ft fishing vessel Kelvin.
Martin Berthold is a former photojournalist whose article about the Wells brothers and their 1950s Wakatahuri ship breaking venture, The Sounds Wrecking Company, was first published in NZ Marine News in 2009.
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