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travel to New Zealand in 1920
« on: Friday 12 October 18 17:03 BST (UK) »
Hi
Does anyone know how long it took to travel from England to new Zealand in 1928 ( or thereabout). The cost of the ticket and the route
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Re: travel to New Zealand in 1920
« Reply #1 on: Friday 12 October 18 19:03 BST (UK) »

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Re: travel to New Zealand in 1920
« Reply #2 on: Friday 12 October 18 19:35 BST (UK) »
Hi

I have looked at this page and it makes interesting reading, but it is mainly about travel to New Zealand in the 1850's/1860's. Technology changed a lot between then and the 1920's in terms of cost of tickets and length of journey. There weren't so many immigrants, especially after 1928, so its hard to find this information.

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Re: travel to New Zealand in 1920
« Reply #3 on: Friday 12 October 18 19:38 BST (UK) »
My grandparents left Liverpool on the the 29th March 1927 aboard the Arawa and arrived in NZ on the 8th May 1927

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRHQ-F75?cc=1609792

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Re: travel to New Zealand in 1920
« Reply #4 on: Friday 12 October 18 19:39 BST (UK) »
If you have a specific family we can look it up for you,

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« Reply #5 on: Friday 12 October 18 20:15 BST (UK) »
6 yrs later but a clue  The Scotsman 17 December 1926

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« Reply #6 on: Friday 12 October 18 20:18 BST (UK) »

Aberdeen Evening Express 20 June 1914

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Re: travel to New Zealand in 1920
« Reply #7 on: Friday 12 October 18 20:22 BST (UK) »
Looking at page 9 of the Arawa's manifest they picked up a few passengers at Panama canal,so that was the route they took

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« Reply #8 on: Friday 12 October 18 20:22 BST (UK) »
regarding the route

the Panama Canal opened in 1914 and NZ Shipping Company vessels used that exclusively (I believe)
Shaw Saville and Albion I think continued to go Canary Islands - South Africa - Australia (dropping off at Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney then over to Wellington (I was a baby on one of those in 1957 - not that I remember it, but I've seen the photos!  And it went that way)

Plus there was the Suez Canal route. 

So you would need to know the vessel to try and figure the route they travelled.
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