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Implications for goods and passengers when Aratere stops sailing

It is being taken out of service soon so new port infrastructure can be built for replacement ferries.

From late August the KiwiRail will have only two ferries sailing the Cook Strait.

Brent Edwards Mon, 19 May 2025

The Aratere will stop sailing on the Cook Strait no later than August 30, ending more than 25 years’ service.

The rail-enabled ferry had been due to go to dry dock in July, but instead the Kaiārahi will do so from late June. When it arrives back in mid to late August the Aratere will be

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Brent Edwards Mon, 19 May 2025
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