Compiling a journal for the query from spalding Denis Ritchie sailed on the ship Otaki

The "Otaki" sailed into Auckland and Dunedin in 1877, but passenger lists not yet found

.. info so far:

Dennis/Denis RITCHIE (1859 - 1937) married Catherine O'CONNOR (1860 - 1925) on 23 January 1882

they had 14 children:

1882 - 1924 Sarah Jane Ritchie
- married Robert NEWCOMBE in 1905

1883 - 1912 John Samuel Ritchie
- married Catherine LOFT in 1909
- John died 3 years later

1885 - Mary Catherine Ritchie
- nothing known

1886 - 9064 Dennis Richard Ritchie
- married Frances Cordelia Maud ROBINSON (1896-1992) in 1917

1887 - Francis Edmund Ritchie
- married Gertrude Ellen LOCKIE in 1914

1889 - Ellen Ritchie
- possibly married Thomas William Godfrey WELLS in 1928

1890 - 1929 Joseph James Ritchie
- married Honora JOHNSON (1892-1945) in 1912

1891 - ? Albert Ernest Ritchie
- married Mary Ellen WORTHINGTON (1893-1950) in 1912

1894 - William Wordsworth Ritchie
- mothing known

1895 - 1962 Percy Frederick Ritchie
- married Elsie FOWLER in 1929

1897 - 1924 Clarence Wilfred Ritchie
- Clarence died aged 28

1900 - 1961 Claude Harold Ritchie
- married Sarah Ellen FOSTER (1898-1969) in 1921

1902 - Herbert Matthew Ritchie
- nothing known

1903 - 1965 Leonard Basil Ritchie
- married Mabel JONES in 1921


... your help with this family would be appreciated