Sverre Nicolaysen and his daughter Ragnhild aboard the Rangitata bound for Norway, June, 1933. PHOTO: SUPPLIED : A feeling of belonging

Three generations of Norwegian-Kiwis (clockwise from left), Blanche Nicolaysen, her daughter Ragnild Jacobsen, Ragnild’s husband Arne Jacobsen, Sverre Nicolaysen, his grandaughter Kirsten Jacobsen and his son Eric. PHOTO: SUPPLIED : A feeling of belonging

Blanche and Sverre Nicolaysen with, probably, their granddaughter Kirsten Jacobsen and Sverre’s mother, Elen Sofie Nikolaisen. PHOTO: SUPPLIED : A feeling of belonging

Blanche Nicolaysen (née Martin) stands with a friend on a Stewart Island wharf, probably at Golden Bay. PHOTO: SUPPLIED : A feeling of belonging

Sverre Nicolaysen (left), probably at the house he and Blanche rented in Main Rd, Stewart Island, holds his daughter Ragnhild and stands with fellow Norwegian whaler Alf Askerud, holding a cat. PHOTO: SUPPLIED : A feeling of belonging