Maui Pomare

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The motorship Maui Pomare, named after Sir Maui Pomare (1876-1930). who was a Maori elected to the New Zealand Parliament and who on two occasions during his long Parliamentary career held the position at Minister for the Cook Islands. The Maui Pomare was launched by the Dublin Dockyard Co., on September 29, 1927 and was purchased by the New Zealand Government in order to open up a banana export trade from Western Samoa to New Zealand. Until 1942 she successfully traded with Western Samoa and Niue but since that date she has been mainly engaged carrying Citrus fruits, tomatoes, bananas and general cargo from the Cook Islands and Niue to New Zealand. Her average cargo is 700 tons, principally bananas, and she is 1,211 gross and 753 net tons on dimensions 210.8ft. x 3511 x 14ft.
SG118 Sea Breezes 8/51

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Dim. 219 (210.8 bpp) x 35.1 x 14ft
Propulsion Originally Petters diesels, but by 1950 she had been re-engined with two 5-cyl. Fairbanks Morse diesels made in 1941, hp? Twin screws.
Service Speed 10 knots.
Accommodation: 30 passengers in two deluxe 2 berth staterooms, eight 2 berth cabins, and two six-berth cabins.
February 1928 completed, first registry 06 June 1928, homeport Wellington, New Zealand.
1961 Sold to Kimberley Shipping Corp., Panama, not renamed.
March 1968 broken up by Ming Hing & Co., Hong Kong.

Photos and more is given on: http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/pomare.htm

source: https://www.miramarshipindex.nz and Australian New Zealand & Islands Registers 1952.
Niue 1950 6d sg118, scott? and 1967 5c sg 130.