Latest from Cook Strait

Willis challenged KiwiRail consultant spend week before chair's early retirement

Finance Minister says KiwiRail spent an excessive and unjustifiable amount on consultants.

‘Like the earthquakes’: Truckie on Interislander describes what it was like to run aground

Heath Harper said it was all smooth sailing until they hit the South Island coastline.

Interislander's Aratere docks in Picton, investigation to begin

The ferry arrived back in Picton about 6pm last night.

Same ferry that ran aground had 'power blackout' caused by disintegrating tape

Aratere also experienced a power outage last year with 538 people on board.

Opinion: Aratere ferry grounding to increase pressure on Govt

OPINION: The ageing Interislander ferries cannot hang on for much longer.

Government 'highly unimpressed' with KiwiRail's maintenance of Cook Strait ferries

Ministers say they expect KiwiRail to maintain its ferries to the appropriate standard.

Editorial: Cook Strait ferries sailing on borrowed time

OPINION: Time is ticking for a solution to future-proof travel between the main islands.

Weak, cracked and rusted: Maintenance costs for ageing Cook Strait ferries double

'Prohibitive' annual maintenance costs could reach $65 million by next year.

'Ambulance at bottom of the cliff': $600k for emergency towing but no new ferries

Treasury says exiting the contract to build the cancelled mega ferries is a fiscal risk.