Various shots (with decomposition) taken during a riverboat trip up the Whanganui River. Shots from riverbank of Hatrick steamer, SS Wakapai being pulled by cable upstream through the rapids, with foredeck crowded with well dressed tourists, and with Hatrick Steamship Company house flag flying from stern.
The SS Wakapai was a single screw vessel launched in 1905 with a capacity for 100 passengers and plied the upper reaches of the Whanganui between Pipiriki and the houseboat situated en route to TaumarUnui.
Notes by Chris Pugsley.
001:21 [Ohura Falls] and the confluence of the Whanganui River on the Upper Reaches mainly taken from the bow of the riverboat.
002:59 "Maori Boys Swimming A Rapid." Shot of young lads shooting the rapids taken from the river bank.
003:12 "Maoris Working A Canoe Up The River."
Together, young lads pull while two men and a boy pole a waka upstream, followed by image of boys and men poling the waka towards the shore. Shots taken from the river bank. Crowded SS Wakapai making its way through rapids down river; waka follows.