Cruise Ships

Visiting cruise ships are causing commuter chaos in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.

On Tuesday evening the Celebrity Edge broke its moorings in high winds at Princes Wharf. That meant 10 commuter… Video, Audio

The start of the cruise season has been anything but cruisey. For the second time in a fortnight high winds meant the Ovation of the Seas has not come into port. The ship can carry almost five… Video, Audio

A Fiordland double feature with writing by Heidi Bendikson and Vaneesa Bellew: the dangers facing the crown jewel of Aotearoa's national parks. Audio

After a more than two year absence from New Zealand waters the first cruise ship is set to arrive in Auckland tomorrow morning. Joining Lately is the chief executive of the New Zealand Cruise… Audio

The maritime border is about to reopen and that means cruise ships will once again be visiting our shores. But will it be a return to the pre-pandemic status quo? Audio

The welcome mat's out for tourists but not if they are arriving by cruise ship.

Vaccinated Australian visitors can fly to New Zealand from April 13 without having to isolate. It's May 2 for visa… Video, Audio

When Cantabrian Rosa Nolan says she ended in the Cayman Islands -- which she couldn't have previously located on the map -- quite by chance, she really means it. Indeed, her original overseas… Audio

Denying visas to most of the crew on a luxury ship and warning it off entering New Zealand waters with the threat of imprisonment was the right thing to do according to immigration's border boss, who… Video, Audio

The Maritime Union says redundant Air New Zealand crew could have filled jobs on a luxury cruise liner that has been refused entry into New Zealand.

Le Laperouse has an economic exemption to come… Video, Audio

A cruise ship turned away from New Zealand is now stuck off the coast of New Caledonia, low on fuel with a significant storm approaching and no permission to dock.

Le Laperouse has an economic… Video, Audio

About 400 Samoan seafarers - mostly cruise ship workers - are stranded on several ships in the Caribbean, and want help from the New Zealand government to get them home.

The workers are currently… Audio

The government moved yesterday to extend a ban on cruise ships at New Zealand ports and lengthen the isolation requirement for cargo ship crew to respond to concerns it wasn't long enough to ensure… Audio

Gustavus, Alaska, is home to the world's smallest and most isolated Costco shop. When it was cut off from its supply chain, owner Toshua Parker took matters into his own hands and started loading… Audio

If the cruise industry sinks due to Covid-19, journalist Zachary Crockett will have limited sympathy for the big companies. Crockett decided to dive into the industry and found some questionable facts… Audio

Ships banned, quarantined, and shunned by the bug-phobic - is the coronavirus the iceberg that will sink the cruise industry?  Audio