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New Zealand

35 crossings between 6 ports, run by 24 operators, serving 3 cities. The busiest city is Auckland with 150 destinations, and the busiest port is Auckland with 28 crossings. 28 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Planning a trip to New Zealand

Auckland, the main gate Somewhere to stay partner Every country we hold

Cities

3 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Auckland reaches 150 destinations

Christchurch reaches 50 destinations

Wellington reaches 23 destinations

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 9.3× the second.

Auckland crossings 28 crossings on record

Dunedin crossings 3 crossings on record

Bluff crossings 2 crossings on record

Coromandel crossings 2 crossings on record

Picton crossings 1 crossings on record

Wellington crossings 1 crossings on record

The longest and the shortest

26 of 35 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Auckland – Civitavecchia-Rome 2328 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Auckland – Hong Kong 1344 h 00 Viking Cruises

Auckland – Cape Town 1296 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Auckland – Seattle 1032 h 00 Holland America

Auckland – Puntarenas 696 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Auckland – Panama City 672 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Auckland – Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal 624 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Princess Cruises

Dunedin – Hobart 624 h 00 Aurora Expeditions

Shortest held

Auckland – Rangitoto 25 min Fullers 360, Fullers Ferry

Auckland – Waiheke 40 min Fullers 360, Fullers 360 Waiheke Reserve

Picton – Wellington 3 h 30 Bluebridge, Interislander

Auckland – Sydney 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line

Dunedin – Lautoka 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Cairns – Dunedin 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Auckland – Lautoka 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Auckland – Papeete 288 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Crystal Cruises

Every crossing we hold

All 35 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Auckland – Benoa 528 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Phoenix Reisen

Auckland – Brisbane 384 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Auckland – Callao-Lima 576 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Phoenix Reisen

Auckland – Cape Town 1296 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Auckland – Civitavecchia-Rome 2328 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Auckland – Coromandel not held Fullers Ferry

Auckland – Fremantle 408 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Auckland – Great Barrier (Port Fitzroy) not held Sealink NZ

Auckland – Great Barrier (Tryphena) not held Sealink NZ

Auckland – Hobart 336 h 00 Scenic Cruises

Auckland – Hong Kong 1344 h 00 Viking Cruises

Auckland – Honolulu 480 h 00 Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises

Auckland – Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal 624 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Princess Cruises, Viking Cruises

Auckland – Lautoka 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Auckland – Los Angeles 480 h 00 Princess Cruises

Auckland – Lyttelton-Christchurch 336 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Auckland – Melbourne 360 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Auckland – Motuihe not held Fullers Ferry

Auckland – Motutapu not held Fullers Ferry

Auckland – Panama City 672 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Auckland – Papeete 288 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Auckland – Puntarenas 696 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Auckland – Rangitoto 25 min Fullers 360, Fullers Ferry

Auckland – Seattle 1032 h 00 Holland America

Auckland – Singapore 576 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Auckland – Sydney 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises

Auckland – Tokyo not held Azamara Cruises, Viking Cruises

Auckland – Waiheke 40 min Fullers 360, Fullers 360 Waiheke Reserve, Fullers Ferry

Bluff – Oban not held

Bluff – Oban (Stewart Island) not held Stewart Island Experience

Cairns – Dunedin 240 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Coromandel – Orapiu not held

Dunedin – Hobart 624 h 00 Aurora Expeditions

Dunedin – Lautoka 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Picton – Wellington 3 h 30 Bluebridge, Interislander

Which months these run

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

Our records for New Zealand ferry crossings 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.