Cruise news (Auckland New Zealand-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises unveils 5 new Grand Voyages for 2025-2026
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises unveiled 5 new Grand Voyages for the line's 2025-2026 collection. The sailings onboard 4 ships of The World’s...
April 20, 2023 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Princess Cruises' ship Majestic Princess
An elderly passenger aboard the Majestic Princess cruise ship was airlifted by helicopter to Auckland City Hospital after experiencing a medical...
April 8, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises announces Australia & New Zealand 2024-2025 schedule
Princess Cruises announced its 2024-2025 sailing schedule for Australia and New Zealand, including the longest world voyage ever to sail from...
March 22, 2023 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line deploys 3 ships to Asia Pacific in 2024-2025
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced a record deployment of 3 ships to the Asia Pacific region in 2024 and 2025. The Norwegian Spirit ship will...
March 8, 2023 - Accidents
Auckland NZ ferry services disrupted due to mooring line failure on HAL's ship ms Noordam
Auckland ferry services were disrupted for an hour on Friday, January 27th, after a mooring line problem on the HAL-Holland America's cruise ship ms...
January 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America returns to Asia with MS Westerdam ship
HAL-Holland America is back with sailings in Asia with its ms Westerdam ship. In her first Asian visit since the 2020 shutdown, ms Westerdam was...
January 18, 2023 - Accidents
Viking Orion ship stranded off the coast of Australia due to fungus outbreak
Travelers hoping to enjoy a holiday voyage instead found themselves stranded off the Australian coast due to a fungus outbreak onboard Viking OCEAN's...
December 30, 2022 - Accidents
Coral Princess ship skips 2 port calls in NZ to remove snails from her hull
An infestation of snails interrupted a cruise from Australia to New Zealand. Travelers were left puzzled by an announcement that their ship...
December 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line returns to Australia with Norwegian Spirit ship
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line returned to sailing in Australian waters after 3 years on December 21st, 2022 when its Norwegian Spirit ship departed from...
December 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Eclipse is the first cruise ship in Australia-New Zealand with SpaceX’s Starlink...
Celebrity Cruises started offering internet services via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network onboard its Celebrity Eclipse ship, making it the...
December 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Ambassador Cruise Line's Ambience ship visits Australia in 2024 (120-day World Voyage)
The UK-based new travel brand Ambassador Cruise Line will sail into Australian Waters in February 2024, with MS Ambience ship scheduled to visit...
December 1, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Seabourn Odyssey is the first cruise ship in 2+ years to dock in Nelson NZ
The first cruise ship in 2+ years arrived in Nelson port (New Zealand), bringing tourists from Australia and the USA. Seabourn Odyssey docked in...
November 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Windstar’s cruise ship Star Breeze makes maiden call in Australia
On Tuesday, November 22, Windstar’s 312-passenger megayacht Star Breeze made her first-ever call in Australia in Sydney NSW, where she embarked...
November 23, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Heritage Expeditions' new flagship Heritage Adventurer on maiden New Zealand voyage
The New Zealand-based expedition travel company Heritage Expeditions (fleet) welcomed its new flagship Heritage Adventurer for her maiden New Zealand...
November 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
MS Westerdam ship arrives in Sydney (Australia) on first cruise call for HAL-Holland America
HAL-Holland America’s ship ms Westerdam arrived in Sydney (NSW Australia) on November 7 and became HAL's first vessel to visit Sydney Harbour...
November 9, 2022