The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says 14 New Zealanders aboard a stricken luxury cruise ship forced to dock in Malaysia are safe and well.
The Azamara Quest, with 1000 people on board, spent more than a day adrift off the coast of the southern Philippines after a fire damaged its engine rooms on Friday.
Engineers managed to make temporary repairs and the ship was escorted by a flotilla of United States and Philippines Navy vessels to port at Sandakan in Malaysia on Sunday.
A spokesperson for the ministry says a representative from the New Zealand High Commission is providing consular assistance.
