Investigations

MT "Kakariki", near contact with channel sides, upper harbour, Port Otago, 23 September 1999

Commercial jet boat "Helijet 2", collision with rock face, Kawarau River, Queenstown, 20 August 1999

Coastal passenger and freight ferry "Arahura", premature release of rescue boat, near Picton, Marlborough Sounds, 21 May 1999

Deep-sea fishing trawler "Atlantic Elizabeth", struck Steeple Rock, Wellington Harbour, 18 May 1999

Bulk log carrier "Pacific Princess", grounding, Pania Reef, Napier, 15 May 1999

Passenger charter yacht "City of Dunedin", grounding and fire, Bobs Cove, Lake Wakatipu,, 8 May 1999

Ro-ro cargo vessel "Union Rotoiti", machinery failure, loss of and damage to cargo, Tasman Sea, 23 April 1999

Passenger charter vessel "New Zealand Explorer", fire in engine room, Endeavour Inlet, 18 April 1999

High speed passenger ferry "Te Hukatai", collision due to skipper incapacitation, Picton, 30 March 1999

Passenger and freight ferry "Aratere", power failure, Wellington Harbour, 24 February 1999