More than 10,000 ice creams and nearly 30,000 punnets of hot chips were consumed by holidaying Kiwis on the Cook Strait ferries this summer.
But the most popular dish ordered on the Interislander ferry in December and January is a surprising one.
Interislander executive general manager Walter Rushbrook said thousands of servings of butter chicken were ordered, with over a tonne of the popular non-traditional curry consumed on the Strait.
"It continues to be our bestselling meal on the ferries.