Stranded passengers and freight, following a fault on the Aratere ferry, will be away by midday.
The backlog was caused by cancelled sailings yesterday - after a fault was found in the ferry's alarm system.
It was still working, and berthed safely, but needed to stay put so the fault could be found and fixed.
The ferry was cleared to sail at 10.45 last night.
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