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In 2022, Auckland Transport purchased four diesel ferries that were in dire need of repair from Fullers, [5] [6] and is upgrading them to reduce their emissions. [6] There are plans to commission five new hybrid-electric ferries, [5] with the first two expected to arrive in 2025.
In 2014 Explore began an Auckland to Waiheke Island service. [3] However, in 2016, plagued by infrastructure and passenger number issues, the company was forced to end the service, leaving Fullers Group the sole passenger ferry company operating services to the island. [4] Explore began expanding in July 2021 by buying Fullers GreatSights Bay ...
Fullers Group Limited, trading as Fullers360, is a ferry and tourism company in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] It operates in the Hauraki Gulf and Waitematā Harbour . Fullers Group is the latest in a long line of almost continuous harbour and gulf ferry operations based in Auckland since the 1870s.
The first official ferry started in 1854, the first steam ferry in 1860, [102] the first scheduled ferry in 1865, Auckland & North Shore Steam Ferry Co in 1869, Devonport Steam Ferry Company in 1885, a vehicle ferry in 1911 and North Shore Ferries in 1959. [103] In 1981 George and Douglas Hudson bought North Shore Ferries and Waiheke Shipping Co.
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
Waiheke Island (/ w aɪ ˈ h ɛ k iː /; Māori: [ˈwaihɛkɛ]) is the second-largest island (after Great Barrier Island) in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand.Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is 21.5 km (13.4 mi) from the central-city terminal in Auckland.
Regular ferry services and island tours by tractor-trailer are provided by Fullers from Auckland city centre. [46] A boardwalk with around 300 steps allows visitors to reach the summit and enjoy a view of the wooded crater. The distance to the summit is 2.4 km (1.5 mi), a one–hour walk by the most direct route. [47]
In December 2008 Fullers Bay of Islands was rebranded Fullers GreatSights to bring it in line with InterCity Group's parent sightseeing brand of GreatSights New Zealand. It offers a range of Bay of Islands cruises and day tours around the region and operates passenger and vehicle ferries between Paihia and Russell/Opua and Okiato.