26th June 2026 Bluebridge / InterislanderCook Strait ferry services continue to be heavily disrupted by a large southerly weather system, which has brought high winds and significant swells.
10th June 2026 Bluebridge / InterislanderInterislander and Bluebridge ferry services across the Cook Strait have resumed after Tuesday’s severe weather.
9th June 2026 Bluebridge / Interislander / WeatherGale-force winds and swells approaching 10 metres force the cancellation of Interislander and Bluebridge ferries.
7th May 2026 Interislander / KiwiRail / TAICThe investigator says “a very serious marine casualty was virtually certain” if the ferry’s anchors failed to stop its drift toward the coast in severe weather.
5th May 2026 Interislander / KiwiRailKiwiRail has been fined $375,000 and ordered to pay $25,000 in court costs following the grounding of its Interislander ferry Aratere.
20th April 2026 Bluebridge / Interislander / WeatherHeavy rain warnings in Wellington and Wairarapa have now been upgraded to red until Tuesday night.
1st April 2026 Interislander / KiwiRailA person is missing after going overboard from an Interislander ferry on the Cook Strait.
13th March 2026 Interislander / KiwiRailKiwiRail says it plans to have its Kaiārahi ferry back in service by the end of the weekend.
3rd March 2026 Bluebridge / InterislanderKiwiRail’s Interislander and StraitNZ’s Bluebridge ferries have delayed sailings across the Cook Strait due to severe weather.
20th November 2025 Ferry Holdings / Interislander / KiwiRailWith the $596m ferries contract now finalised, the key delivery dates have to be met for industry to sell the experience, says Lynda Keene.
15th October 2025 Interislander / KiwiRailThe government has chosen Chinese company Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) to build KiwiRail’s two new Interislander ferries, which are due to be delivered in 2029.
13th October 2025 Interislander / KiwiRailKiwiRail has entered into an agreement to sell the Aratere to a buyer that will deliver it to a specialist recycling shipyard in India.
