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Bold plan offers extra terminal space for more cruise ship visits

Forget the cafes - just give us a wharf

Tapper Akl freight hub sold to Port of Tauranga for $15m

<i>Craig Harris:</i> Every reason to party with top cruise terminal

Auckland to welcome luxury liner

The largest cruise ship ever to visit NZ, the Queen Mary 2, docks in Auckland tomorrow morning.

Waterfront agency set to have unfettered powers

Port of Tauranga profits up despite freight decline

Port of Tauranga, New Zealand's biggest export port, has posted a 2 per cent gain in first-half profit by reining in costs as freight volumes fell, eroding revenue.

Port bans explosive powder

Gunpowder shipments threat to city, says watchdog

Plans to store shipping containers of gunpowder at Auckland's port are a danger to the heart of the city, says an environmental watchdog.

Ready to roll on $9m Auckland port link

The first train from Auckland's Waitemata harbour port to the Wiri inland port in South Auckland will roll across the newly completed $9 million rail link tomorrow.

Cement company takes wharf site

Maori greeters: 100% pure fake

A tour operator is under fire for using fake Maori to attract tourists from cruise ships docking in Tauranga.

Snub for squillionaire's superyachts

Big-spending overseas millionaires' superyachts are being turned away from Auckland because of lack of decent berths.

Probe into port share buying

More than a wharf needed to encourage cruise ships

For 17 days last year, up to 2000 passengers got off their luxury liner and stepped onto a wharf with a tin shed and little in the way of basic services.

Sailing with a sea monster

Tim Adams roams the 17 decks and neighbourhoods of The Oasis of the Seas - the world's largest 'megaliner'.

Subsidiary to manage Wiri

Port mulls merger plan