New Zealand - Whitianga - An Italian barque loading, Much timber used to be exported directly to Australia, and even more distant countries - Whitianga port was a leading timber port - 1910 photo published in 1929 - 31/7/1929 - Unknown Photographer - Originally published in "The Auckland Weekly News" #335879 - Whitianga is located on the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula. - Whitianga has been continuously occupied for more than a thousand years since Māori explorer Kupe’s tribe settled here after his visit in about 950 AD.