The Waimarie Paddle Steamer has a new passenger on board, in the form of a new Heart Saver AED7000.
The automated external defibrillator was won for the Waimarie after trustee Val Vurtrum nominated it in a "Become a Heart Saver" campaign run by Heart Saver New Zealand.
Waimarie manager Ann Petherick was shocked and pleased to win it.
"If somebody has a heart attack up on the Waimarie, they can't get the ambulance there on the river, so of course this is going to help us," she said. "It's going to give people with dicky tickers a bit of security."
Ms Petherick has not seen or heard of anybody having a heart attack on board in her two years in charge, but said that people had fallen ill on board from time to time.