Interislander is celebrating 60 years of holiday memories, whānau trips, school camps, freight deliveries, stormy seas and sunny days. On 13 August 1962, the first passengers boarded Aramoana to sail ...

Interislander’s rail-enabled Aratere ferry will retire in August, leaving two ships to service Cook Strait. KiwiRail has acknowledged the “loss of some roles” as a result. Aratere’s retirement will ...

Interislander is pleased to announce that it has extended its sponsorship of Coastguard Central Region for another year. The sponsorship helps local Coastguard Units to provide this vital life-saving ...

High Cook Strait ferry fuel surcharges have come at one of the busiest times of the year for dairy and beef farmers.

No clear date for when the Interislander's Kaitaki will be back on the sea, after being out of order since March 6. Interislander passengers with trips planned in early April have been told their ...

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded on the wrong side of Cook Strait in the wake of a month of inter-island ferry disruption. Normally six ships ply the strait between Picton and Wellington. As ...

The Aratere was sold to a company that would deliver it to a shipbreaking yard in India, but it has sat in Tasman Bay for months.

The Interislander ferry Aratere approaching the entrance to Wellington Harbour on a stormy day. Photo / Mark Mitchell Interislander sailings on the Aratere ferry have been cancelled due to urgent ...

Record numbers of passengers are mounting the Interislander ferry, with February almost completely booked out for cars and vans. The booking website for the ferry showed the next date with a full ...

Forty-seven people spent the night on the Interislander ferry Aratere which ran aground just after 10pm last night. The eight passengers and some of the crew on the stricken Interislander ferry ...

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