Private company

Shipping company New Zealand to Great Britain, passenger and cargo

The New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973. A group of Christchurch businessmen founded the company in 1873, similar groups formed in the other main centres, to counter the dominance of the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. There were seven initial directors: John Coster, George Gould, John Thomas Peacock, William Reeves, Robert Heaton Rhodes, John Anderson, and Reginald Cobb) representing the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.