New Zealand has 15,134kms (9.398 miles) of coastline making it the 9th on the list of countries with the most coastline. The long, rocky, often foggy shores, with changeable weather turning the seas from calm into foaming anger within a few minutes, have resulted in 2,300 ships being wrecked since the 1700s when ships began arriving for whaling then exploration and then with settlers to establish European occupation.
New Zealand Coastline
There have been many dramatic ship losses recorded in New Zealand’s history books with sad losses of life. Even with modern technology, ships still come to grief. Four recent wrecks have become attractions for divers from around the world with each having a unique story to tell:
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