be confused with fullers group fullers great sights bay of islands type private company industry travel and tourism founded 1886 founder albert ernest fuller headquarters paihia bay of islands new zealand services cruises land tours transport accommodation parent intercity group nz ltd website http www.dolphincruises.co.nz fullers greatsights bay of islands is a major tourism company based in northland new zealand . today it is northland s largest marine tourism operator with a wide range of cruises and land tours . history edit in 1886 albert ernest fuller launched the undine sailing ship in the bay of islands to deliver coal supplies to the islands within the bay . with the fitting of a motor in the early 1900s fuller was able to deliver the coal and essential supplies to communities as far out as cape brett . in 1927 fuller acquired the cream trip from eddie lane with the facilities on board to transport cream from the islands and by the 1960s the well known bay belle started this run . although a modern catamaran now takes this historical route the cream trip the bay belle continues to transport visitors and locals between paihia and russell throughout the day . the company expanded to auckland and became fullers corporation . in 1989 fullers corporation split into the bay of islands company and the auckland operations which were taken over by what is now fullers group . 1 in december 2008 fullers bay of islands was rebranded fullers greatsights bay of islands to bring it inline with intercity group s parent sightseeing brand of greatsights new zealand . it offers a range of bay of islands cruises and day tours around the region as well as operating passenger and vehicle ferries between paihia and russell opua and okiato . references edit bond georgina 19 january 2005 . fullers sail into confused waters . the new zealand herald . retrieved 21 october 2015 . external links edit fullers greatsights bay of islands official company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fullers bay of islands & oldid 687832059 categories transport companies of new zealandvisitor attractions in the northland regionbay of islands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 october 2015 at 00 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view