AORAKI is a fast excursion boat, built in Wanganui, New Zealand in 2002. Powered by two Hamilton water jets, AORAKI is capable of carrying its passengers at 36 knots and is 17.7 metres long..

Normally operating on whale watch tours from Kaikoura, New Zealand, AORAKI and two sister ships are now laid up at the Wellington marina after the November earthquake that hit New Zealand raised the seabed at Kaikoura and has prevented their use of the harbour.