How ferries work in New Zealand
There is no single national ferry timetable. Each crossing is published by the company that runs it, and in Auckland and Christchurch the regional transport authority sets many of the timetables and fares.
In Auckland, several harbour routes are part of the public transport network and take the AT HOP card, while island and vehicle services are run commercially with their own tickets. In Christchurch the Diamond Harbour ferry is part of the Metro network. Elsewhere, from Queenstown to the Bay of Islands, private operators publish their own timetables and fares. Each page here says which ticket or card applies.
Fares follow the operator's own structure: adult and child fares, concessions, bikes, and vehicles by length on car ferries. Each page lists the fares as the operator publishes them.
Timetables change with the season, school holidays and public holidays. Where the next timetable is already published, the page switches to it on its first day; where it is not, the page says so. Times are shown in local New Zealand time, labelled NZST or NZDT according to the date.
Weather cancels or delays sailings on exposed routes. Operators post those notices on their service updates page; they appear here as a dated note when they were known at the time of checking.