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Ben McKay

HISTORICAL FACTS: New zealand s interislander ferry runs aground | History Defined

A New Zealand Interislander ferry has run aground in the Marlborough Sounds. (HANDOUT/TOURISM NEW ZEALAND)

A ferry servicing the Cook Strait between New Zealand's North and South Islands has run aground in a late-night accident.

The Aratere ship, part of the state-owned Interislander fleet, veered into a cliff-face just north of its departure harbour of Picton about 9.45pm on Friday.

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