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Interislander is a road and rail ferry service across New Zealand's Cook Strait, between Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island.It is owned and operated by state-owned rail operator KiwiRail.
The Pencarrow Head Lighthouse at the entrance from Cook Strait to Wellington Harbour was the first permanent lighthouse built in New Zealand. Its first keeper, Mary Jane Bennett, was the only female lighthouse keeper in New Zealand's history. The light was decommissioned in 1935 when it was replaced by the Baring Head Lighthouse.
DEV Aratere is a roll-on/roll-off rail and vehicle ferry operated by KiwiRail in New Zealand. Built in 1998 for the then-private company Tranz Rail and lengthened in 2011, she operates four daily crossings on the Interislander service across Cook Strait from Wellington to Picton each day (with six crossings over the December/January period).
Picton: 0: 0.0: Wellington Ferry (Interislander) SH 1 and SH 1/Classic New Zealand Wine Trail concurrency begins: 1: 0.62: Kent Street – Wellington Ferry : Tuamarina: 20: 12: Wairau River: Spring Creek: 23: 14: SH 62 (Rapaura Road) – Nelson: Blenheim: 28: 17: SH 6 (Nelson Street) – Nelson, West Coast: 29: 18: Park Terrace Redwood Street ...
Picton is a major hub in New Zealand's transport network, connecting the South Island road and rail network with ferries across Cook Strait to Wellington and the North Island. The Picton urban area has a population of 4,890 (June 2024), [2] making it the second-largest town in the Marlborough Region behind Blenheim. It is the easternmost town ...
Stewart Island (Māori: Rakiura, lit. 'glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located 30 kilometres (16 nautical miles) south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a land area of 1,746 km 2 (674 sq mi).
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