Cruises valued at almost $1.4 billion – but it’s not all cruisy

They were all at sea during the pandemic years, but cruise ships keep coming back and splashing money around.

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Port of Auckland says it has scheduled 108 cruise ship visits carrying 230,000 passengers for the upcoming summer season, which is likely to inject more than $600 million into the city’s coffers. That's well down on the port's 138 visits, and 317,844 passengers, during the last October to June.