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Christchurch to Hokitika

1 operator run this water, from 41 min.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Air New Zealand CHC → HKK 152 km non-stop BEH DH3 in the air 2 h 11 est. rate not held 220 km/h average

Other ways to reach Hokitika

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Hokitika without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

And other ways to reach Christchurch

Nelson – Christchurch 49 min Air New Zealand
Wellington – Christchurch 53 min Air New Zealand
Dunedin – Christchurch 55 min Air New Zealand
Queenstown – Christchurch 56 min Air New Zealand
Palmerston North – Christchurch 1 h 03 Air New Zealand
Invercargill – Christchurch 1 h 05 Air New Zealand
New Plymouth – Christchurch 1 h 09 Air New Zealand
Napier – Christchurch 1 h 13 Air New Zealand
Hamilton – Christchurch 1 h 20 Air New Zealand
Rotorua – Christchurch 1 h 21 Air New Zealand

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Christchurch–Hokitika crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.