The ferry Kaitaki is out of service. Photo: Supplied / KiwiRail
The troubled Interislander ferry Kaitaki has been taken out of service after new engineering woes.
Kaitaki suffered a dangerous breakdown earlier this year when it lost power and drifted in Cook Strait.
Interislander said all the passengers who were booked for the Kaitaki will be moved to different ferries and other vessels will make extra sailings.
The Interislander service has had repeated problems with ferries in recent months.
Cancelled Cook Strait ferries have left people sleeping on couches and Picton streets clogged with cars, says the mayor of Marlborough. Audio
The Interislander ferry company says its Kaitaki vessel should resume sailing today, after it was held in dock last night due to a navigational fault.
Six days after losing power in Cook Strait and drifting close to rocks on Wellington's south coast - the Interislander ferry, Kaitaki has just returned to service, but carrying freight only for the… Audio
The fault which cut power to the Interislander ferry has been identified as a leak in the cooling system.
Consumer New Zealand has lodged a complaint with the Commerce Commission against Interislander and Bluebridge for allegedly misleading stranded passengers about their rights.
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