SLOW BOAT TO THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
It’s a surprise to see quite so many pigs. When we set off from Havelock on the mail boat run along Pelorus Sound, we knew there would be seabirds, and hoped for seals and dolphins, but pigs? And pet sheep? They are unexpected.
So are the boxes of groceries, gas bottles, lengths of timber and even people, who are delivered along with the mail – but we soon learn that this service, which follows three different routes to remote homes dotted around the Sounds, is very much more than just a contract with NZ Post.
On a sunny spring day,
