1. WAITEMATA 1 - Auckland Transport (AT) new electric ferry, built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, arrives into Auckland's downtown ferry basin today. Date: 4 February 2026 Image ID 14483
2. A tired looking MAERSK INNOSHIMA (2008/35491grt/41337dwt/IMO 9348170) sails for Nelson in very misty, drizzly rain. Off her port bow is the Sealink ferry Seaway II. Date: 3 February 2026 Image ID 14477
3. KOTA SURIA (2015/IMO 9681326/41632gt/51791dwt/TEU 3889) arriving for her maiden call in Auckland. She is replacing KOTA LESTARI on ANL’s ANZEX service. She is owned, managed and operated by Pacific... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14446
4. KOTA SURIA (2015/IMO 9681326/41632gt/51791dwt/TEU 3889) arriving for her maiden call in Auckland. She is replacing KOTA LESTARI on ANL’s ANZEX service. She is owned, managed and operated by Pacific... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14447
5. SEA QUEST - First run of the day to Waiheke Island for Sealink's Sea Quest. Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14472
6. SEA QUEST - The first run of the day to Waiheke Island for Sealink's ferry Sea Quest. Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14473
7. ADVENTURER, an Auckland high speed ferry seen here in her lastest Fullers 360 paint job. Date: 10 January 2026 Image ID 14415
8. SEAWAY II (1996/281grt, ex-SEAWAY) - an Australian-built passenger and vehicle ferry today operated by Sealink Ferries of Auckland, NZ on the Auckland-Waiheke Island route. Date: 15 December 2025 Image ID 14357
9. SEABRIDGE (2014/485grt/IMO 9772292) - an Auckland-based vehicular/passenger ferry seen inbound to the Sealink Ferries terminal at Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 15 December 2025 Image ID 14358
10. SEA QUEST - Sealink Ferries vehicular ferry, heading back in late evening sunshine to her St. Mary's Bay berth from Waiheke Island Date: 21 November 2025 Image ID 14280
11. TIRI KAT - an Auckland-based commuter fast ferry operated by Auckland Transport (AT) departs the Devonport ferry terminal at dusk bound for downtown Auckland. Date: 9 November 2025 Image ID 14267
12. TAKAHE (ex-FANTASEA SUNRISE) - Designed by Incat Crowther of Australia TAKAHE is the newest addition to the Fullers fleet of Auckland ferries. The 23.9m long ferry has a service speed of 23 knots. She... Date: 3 November 2025 Image ID 14244
13. PROFESSIONAL SKIPPER (NZ) - Nov-Dec 2025 issue.
Auckland's new electric commuter ferry Te Komiti built by McMullen and Wing. Date: November 2025 Image ID 14274
14. KAWAU ISLE (Riverhead Ferry) - Built by Roy Lidgard in 1952 with the aid of a Govt subsidy to service Kawau, Tiritiri Matangi, and Hauturu (Little Barrier) Islands in the Hauraki Gulf. Not only was... Date: 18 OCTOBER 2025 Image ID 14195
15. TE WAI ORA (formerly KALIBOBO EXPRESS) - new livery and new name, Auckland - Waiheke Island ferry service Island Direct's new fleet addition seen here before entering service on a mooring in Auckland... Date: 10 October 2025 Image ID 14157
16. TE WAI ORA (formerly KALIBOBO EXPRESS) - new livery and new name, Auckland - Waiheke Island ferry service Island Direct's new fleet addition seen here before entering service on a mooring in Auckland... Date: 10 October 2025 Image ID 14156
17. Auckland Transport's 200-seat, yet to be commissioned all-electric ferry TE KOMITI, currently undergoing sea trials and crew training, passes Devonport Wharf this afternoon on her way back to her... Date: 16 September 2025 Image ID 14112
18. Auckland Transport's 200-seat, yet to be commissioned all-electric ferry TE KOMITI, currently undergoing sea trials and crew training, passes Devonport Wharf this afternoon on her way back to her... Date: 16 September 2025 Image ID 14113
19. Auckland Transport's 200-seat, yet to be commissioned all-electric ferry TE KOMITI, currently undergoing sea trials and crew training, passes Devonport Wharf this afternoon on her way back to her... Date: 16 September 2025 Image ID 14114
20. Auckland Transport's 200-seat, yet to be commissioned all-electric ferry TE KOMITI, currently undergoing sea trials and crew training, passes Devonport Wharf this afternoon on her way back to her... Date: 15 September 2025 Image ID 14109
21. Auckland Transport's 200-seat, yet to be commissioned all-electric ferry TE KOMITI, currently undergoing sea trials and crew training, passes Devonport Wharf this afternoon on her way back to her... Date: 15 September 2025 Image ID 14110
22. Auckland Transport's 200-seat, yet to be commissioned all-electric ferry TE KOMITI, currently undergoing sea trials and crew training, passes Devonport Wharf this afternoon on her way back to her... Date: 15 September 2025 Image ID 14111
23. At berth in Auckland's Viaduct, KALIBOBO EXPRESS, the newly acquired ferry for Auckland to Waiheke Island ferry operator Island Direct. Having arrived yesterday into a dreary, wet Auckland at the end... Date: 7 September 2025 Image ID 14100
24. KALIBOBO EXPRESS, the newly acquired ferry for Auckland to Waiheke Island ferry operator Island Direct, arrives in a dreary, wet Auckland at the end of a cross-Tasman passage from Southport in... Date: 6 September 2025 Image ID 14095
25. NEPTUNE MATUA (2015/IMO 9670119/24528gt/25160dwt/TEU 2190/ex-HARIS), inbound from Tauranga as Sealink Ferries' CLIPPER II speeds past on her way to the city ferry hub. Date: 27 August 2025 Image ID 14079
26. TOREA - one of Auckland 's numerous ferries, seen here in Fullers 360 livery, leaving Devonport's Victoria Wharf for yet another harbour crossing to the downtown ferry basin. Date: 2 July 2025 Image ID 14009
27. STARFLYTE - an Auckland commuter/tourist ferry formerly part of the Fullers ferry fleet is seen here approaching Devonport and is now operated by Auckland Transport. Date: 22 June 2025 Image ID 13990
28. CMA CGM OUVEA (IMO 9938406 / 59052gt / 73026dwt) -launched in January, the 5598-teu sails from Auckland late this afternoon bound for Lyttelton. She is owned, operated and managed by CMA CGM The... Date: 25 May 2025 Image ID 13954
29. Sealink's vehicle ferry SEA QUEST outbound, heading for Waiheke Island. Date: 8 May 2025 Image ID 13948
30. ADVENTURER - once operated by World Heritage Cruises of Tasmania, was acquired some years ago by Fullers of Auckland, New Zealand. Now operated by Auckland Transport (an arm of Auckland City Council)... Date: 12 March 2025 Image ID 13886
31. 7 March 2025 was a ferry busy day in the Port of Auckland.
L-R: Island Explorer, Sea Quest and Adventurer. Date: 7 March 2025 Image ID 13874
32. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world... Date: 23 February 2025 Image ID 13853
33. Explore Group's ferry TUHI RAPA en-route from Gulf Harbour to the downtown city ferry terminal as the vehicle carrier SUNRISE ACE is seen outbound and the inbound container ship CMA CGM OUVEA... Date: 22 February 2025 Image ID 13852
34. KERMADEC - the world’s first state-of-the-art electric hydrofoiling ferry operated by Fullers360. Sadly, not seen foiling here as she manoeuvres among the Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race... Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13858
35. TE WAIPIKI - a fast commuter ferry, operated by Island Direct. The service connects downtown Auckland with Waiheke Island. Now with her enclosed upper deck, is seen here heading for Auckland's... Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 14094
36. D4 - one of the smaller vessels in the Explore Group’s fleet of fast ferries. Originally based in the Bay of Islands she is now sailing the Auckland CBD to Birkenhead/Bayswater commuter service. At... Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 14220
37. D4 - one of the smaller vessels in the Explore Group’s fleet of fast ferries. Originally based in the Bay of Islands she is now sailing the Auckland CBD to Birkenhead/Bayswater commuter service. At... Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 14221
38. QUICK CAT - built in 1987, she is one of the older ferries plying the Waitemata Harbour Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 14222
39. WANDERER (ex-WANDERER II) - acquired by Fullers Ferries of Auckland from World Heritage Cruises of Tasmania, operates around the waters of Auckland's Waitemata Harbour and the islands of the Hauraki... Date: 20 January 2025 Image ID 13750
40. CLIPPER IV (2011) - built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, the 17.5m vessel can transport up to 90 passengers at 30 knots. Part of the Sealink fleet of passenger and vehicle ferries in Auckland, she... Date: 20 January 2025 Image ID 13753
41. ISLAND EXPLORER, Explore Group's 20m Australian-built fast ferry now operating on the Auckland City-Bayswater-Northcote-Birkenhead-Auckland City route, heads for Bayswater as the cruise ship AZAMARA... Date: 20 January 2025 Image ID 13755
42. Royal Caribbean's OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016 / 168666grt / IMO 9697753 / 348m loa) having come north from Tauranga arrived into Auckland just an hour after SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER.
Too large to berth at... Date: 3 January 2025 Image ID 13713
43. Royal Caribbean's OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016 / 168666grt / IMO 9697753 / 348m loa) having come north from Tauranga arrived into Auckland just an hour after SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER.
Too large to berth at... Date: 3 January 2025 Image ID 13714
44. D6 - formerly operating in Explore Group livery, D6 is now part of the Fullers 360 tourist/commuter ferry fleet. Seen here approaching Devonport ferry terminal. Date: 24 December 2024 Image ID 13701
45. IKA KAKAHI (Orca), ex-CAPRICORNIAN DANCER - one of two 37m, 400 passenger, water-jet propelled ferries in the Fullers360 fleet, reverses out from her Berth at Devonport. Date: 23 December 2024 Image ID 13697
46. TE WAIPIKI - a commuter ferry which connects downtown Auckland with Waiheke Island, now with her enclosed upper deck. Date: 21 December 2024 Image ID 13689
47. Aida Cruises 2011-built, 2200-passenger AIDASOL (IMO 9490040/ 71304gt/ 7892dwt) arrived this morning in Auckland from the Cook Islands. She is only the second of Aida Cruise’s vessels to visit... Date: 19 December 2024 Image ID 13669
48. EUROPA 2 (2013/42830grt/5285dwt/IMO 9616230) - Auckland turned on a stunner of a morning for the arrival of EUROPA 2 which had made an overnight passage from Tauranga. As usual, the Auckland commuter... Date: 18 December 2024 Image ID 13664
49. OCEAN EAGLE (ex-CHUBASCO, AMERICAN EAGLE) - with another load of happy guests enjoying an early evening pre-Christmas cruise as Sealink's vehicular ferry SEA QUEST passes by bound for her city... Date: 6 December 2024 Image ID 13637
50. OCEAN TITAN (1989/2014gt/742dwt/IMO 8835231,ex-KA’IMIMOANA, TITAN), a 68.28m US oceanographic research vessel, with the passing ferry IKA KAKAHI, outbound from Auckland last evening bound for... Date: 6 December 2024 Image ID 13639
51. CLIPPER V - part of Sealink Ferries' fleet, inbound to the city terminal on her regular commuter run from Beachlands, one Auckland's far eastern suburbs.
The cruiseship SCENIC ECLIPSE II is seen... Date: 5 December 2024 Image ID 13642