According to New Zealand Cruise Association data, cruise ship bookings are expected to fall 40% overall in the 2025/26 season, affecting 20 of 21 Kiwi ports, includingthe Port of Tauranga.

The Bay of Islands $23.34 million cruise ship industry will be hit hard next season with the number of visiting ships set to plummet. Bookings for the tourist mecca's 2025/2026 cruise season have ...

The risk threatened the New Zealand cruise ship destination brand. Tougher biofouling rules were introduced for New Zealand in October 2023, just as the 2023/24 season began.

The overhaul came after the luxury tour operator Abercrombie & Kent purchased the Symphony, and its sibling ship, Crystal Serenity, in 2022, after Crystal Cruises had declared bankruptcy.

Onboard P&O’s Pacific Explorer on a repositioning cruise from Auckland to Melbourne, there was plenty on deck to keep our family entertained, but a chance to explore below deck and behind lots ...

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is ...

More than 1,000 young tourists stranded in Israel evacuated on luxury cruise ship - The majority of the Birthright Israel participants who arrived in Cyprus are young adults from the US ...

Oceania Cruises is preparing its luxurious 1,250-guest ship Riviera to sail its first-ever ANZ season of voyages.

News from Marlborough District Council A project to revitalise Picton’s much-loved waterfront strip, London Quay, will begin on Monday. The project, for completion by mid-October, has been ...

They're designed to accommodate larger cruise ships; give cruise passengers easier access to their ships; and boost the local ...