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A Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferry has a small hole in its hull after it hit a wharf in Wellington on 8 November, 2023.
Caption:The Bluebridge ferry hit a wharf as it was leaving Wellington on Wednesday morning.Photo credit:RNZ / Angus DreaverPeople walk past the damaged ferry.RNZ / Angus DreaverPassengers queuing to be rebooked on the 1.30pm sailing after the 8.15am sailing was turned back.RNZ / Bill Hickman
Aratere Interislander Ferry leaving Wellington.
The rubber expansion joint that failed on the Kaitaki ferry (foreground) is seen next to one in good condition.
Interislander ferry
Fog blankets Wellington Harbour on 31 March 2022.
owner Bibi and Azuki Bean the cat
RNZ/Reece Baker
Work has begun on a Wellington Water project to refresh the nearly 100-year-old wastewater pipes in the tight house-lined gully.
Coogee Beach shark attack victim Leah Stewart with her daughter before the June 2026 shark attack
Richard Chambers
Juan Manuel Leon Sandoval’s case was heard in the Hamilton District Court.
A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan Island, 5 August, 2022. T