Gandalf writes: A couple more shots of the Venture being dismantled in this brief update, taken last Thursday and today (Tuesday). The extra structure forward of the original wheelhouse has now been removed and I noted today while workers were still busy that the name "Venture" has been blacked out on her stern.

The final image is a scan of the photo from the Dominion Post article today with caption "Ship reshaped: Workers strip away sets fixed to the ship Venture used in Peter Jackson's King Kong and now berthed at Miramar wharf." [More]