By Sam HurleyA group of school children are facing a rough sea voyage from Great Barrier Island this afternoon as severe winds and rain hits the upper North Island. "[Maritime NZ] is happy they've made a sensible decision to amend their passage plan to suit the conditions." Sealink, which operates the Great Barrier Island ferries, has cancelled ferries to and from Great Barrier Island since Wednesday as severe weather continues to hit the upper North Island. Today, an 8am from Auckland to Tryphena, on Great Barrier Island, was due to return at 3pm, but was cancelled. Tomorrow, a sailing from Auckland to Port Fitzroy, on Great Barrier Island, was scheduled to depart at 7am and return at 3pm, but was cancelled.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2017 03:56 UTC