Cruise news (Tauranga New Zealand-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Royal Caribbean Cruises Cancel Volcano Tours
RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd announced it no longer offers the optional shore excursions to White Island New Zealand after the December 9th...
December 17, 2019 - Accidents
Ovation of the Seas Passengers in Shock After White Island Eruption
Passengers from Ovation of the Seas say they are in a "state of shock" after the eruption on New Zealand's White Island claimed the lives of fellow...
December 10, 2019 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean Passengers Caught Up in White Island Eruption
(UPDATED) Following the New Zealand’s White Island volcano eruption (at 2:11 pm NZDT on December 9), the NZ police initiated a massive...
December 9, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Costa Luminosa Arrives in Tauranga for Her Only Visit This Season
Costa Luminosa arrived in the port of Tauranga for the first and only time this season. The visit is part of a 112-day world cruise. The 294-meter...
March 4, 2019 - Accidents
VIDEO: Celebrity Solstice Avoids Wiping Out Stricken Dinghy in Tauranga
The occupants of a small rubber boat were lucky to survive after a Celebrity Cruises ship was forced to alter the course to avoid crushing the small...
January 10, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Viking Orion Makes First Visit to Tauranga
On Friday morning, December 28, Viking Orion made her first visit to Tauranga (Rotorua, New Zealand). The 229-metre long newbuild (inaugurated in...
December 28, 2018 - Cruise Industry
Ovation of the Seas to Visit Tauranga 7 Times
Tauranga is one of the two port cities that will be visited 7 times by Ovation of the Seas during this cruise season. Ovation of the Seas is the...
November 9, 2018 - Accidents
Police Name Cruise Ship Passenger Killed in Tauranga
Police named the American cruise ship passenger killed last week in a cycling accident in Tauranga. She was 71-year-old Carol Ann MacMillan...
November 30, 2016 - Accidents
Two Dead in 45 Minutes Due to Cruise Ship Tours
According to Cruise New Zealand, two deaths linked to tours from one cruise ship were "highly unusual". In the first accident, a Mazda driver passed...
November 24, 2016