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Bluff Harbour is the northern terminus of the Stewart Island ferry, providing a daily service to and from Oban. The ferry journey across Foveaux Strait is about 39 km (21 nmi) long. [ 3 ] The first scheduled service across Foveaux Strait began in 1877 for weekly mail delivery, but soon also carried passengers and general cargo. [ 4 ]
Stewart Island (Māori: Rakiura, lit. 'glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located 30 kilometres (16 nautical miles) south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a total land area of 1,746 km 2 (674 sq mi).
RealNZ is a New Zealand tourism company based in Queenstown. The company offers a range of travel, cruises and excursions in Queenstown, Milford Sound / Piopiotahi, Te Anau, Fiordland and Stewart Island / Rakiura. [1] It also operates two skifields Cardrona Alpine Resort, and Treble Cone.
Foveaux Strait (/ f oʊ v oʊ / FOH-voh; Māori: Te Ara-a-Kiwa, lit. 'the Path of Kiwa') is a strait that separates Stewart Island from the South Island of New Zealand. The width of the strait ranges from about 23 to 53 km (14 to 33 mi), and the depth varies between 18 and 46 m (59 and 151 ft).
Ernest Island, southeast Stewart Island 22.90 gross tons, 9.12 register tons, fishing vessel nil [1] [168] Iona: Ernest Islands, west Stewart Island 12.5 m fishing vessel nil [1] [169] Harbinger: 1978 Halfmoon Bay 11.5 m fishing vessel nil [1] [169] Kowhai: Broad Head, south Stewart Island 25.35 gross tons, 6.97 register tons, wooden fishing ...
This is the only large-scale long-distance car / passenger shipping service left, with all others restricted to short ferry routes to islands like Stewart Island / Rakiura or Great Barrier Island. New Zealand has 1,609 kilometres or 1,000 miles of navigable inland waterways; however these are no longer significant transport routes.
This is a list of ferries that operate in Auckland, New Zealand, as part of the city's public transport network. Ferries are primarily operated by Fullers360 , SeaLink , Belaire , and Explore . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Auckland Transport also owns several ferries, [ 3 ] but these vessels are controlled by Fullers360 until 2028.
Inter-island ferry operations began in 1992 as Strait Shipping Limited, [3] as a way for Barker to provide more affordable inter-island ferry services for his trucking group. Ferries between the North and South Islands of New Zealand were then monopolised by the Interisland Line , owned by the then state-owned enterprise New Zealand Rail ...
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