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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.
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.
M.V. Kea (sometimes called the Seabus Kea) was a commercial passenger ferry that operated the busy New Zealand Devonport-Downtown Auckland express route for Fullers Ferries (Auckland's largest ferry operator). The Kea operated a regular service departing from Downtown Auckland every half-hour. [3]
In 1984 they founded Gulf Ferries, and their first catamaran, the $3m Quickcat, cut the Waiheke ferry time from 75 minutes to 40, [104] with Fullers putting Kea on the Devonport route from 1988. [103] Fullers Corporation was mainly operating cruises and, in 1987, when they introduced Supercat III, [105] they were refused a licence to compete on ...
The Devonport passenger ferry was retained on a much reduced timetable. The majority of the ferries were scrapped, only a handful being retained until being replaced by more modern vessels. The last of the old-style double-ended ferries, the diesel-engined Kestrel (built in 1905), was retired from the commuter run in 1988 and was then operated ...
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.
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Fullers GreatSights is a sub brand of GreatSights, operating cruise, ferry and land sightseeing tours from the Bay of Islands. The head office is based in the visitor centre in the Maritime Building on Paihia 's waterfront, with a visitor centre in Russell and a workshop in Opua.