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'Getting seasick just watching this,' commented one person.

The initial report is that there has been a two car collision, and one person is trapped.

Newstalk ZB radio personalities slug out the merits of Picton over the airwaves.

About 4000 litres of diesel spilled across Aotea Quay before dawn.

The ferry was forced to turn back to Wellington mid-sailing yesterday.

The Aratere's final Cook Strait sailing departs Picton at 11am on August 18.

'I couldn't live with myself if it attacked a small child or livestock.'

Police expect the road to reopen in the next few hours.

Trucks and passengers still stranded after Cook Strait Ferries vessel hit Picton wharf.

The Aratere is reported to be running again after a short period without power.