P&O guests book Stewart Island cruise but get Timaru, firm reconsiders Rakiura visit
Some 2000 cruise passengers are feeling short-changed after a last-minute itinerary alteration swapped Stewart Island for Timaru.
Equally, Stewart Island locals claim to have learned about the decision second-hand.
Disgruntled guests who had just paid the final instalment were disappointed with the substitution, saying the mid-Canterbury port town was “really not the same” as the Southland offshore nature reserve.
Full story P&O guests book Stewart Island cruise but get Timaru, firm reconsiders Rakiura visit
