David White/Stuff Divers were required to free the ferry’s propeller of the lines. Subsequent emails between Auckland Transport officials showed the incident could have easily gone another way. “If the crew member had become caught in the line, there would likely have been a very different outcome to being stood down for a week,” ferry services manager Gareth Willis said.
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Ferry services at Northcote Point are sometimes cancelled due to the wharf’s exposed location. That sentiment was echoed by a Fullers360 marine manager who told Auckland Transport the incident “could have been much worse”.