Nicola Willis won't say how much the plan will cost. Winston Peters has been made "Minister for Rail". And Labour says there's still "no more information about what they're actually going to do".

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Advocates divided as government unveils Cook Strait ferry plan

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The Government has at last unveiled its plan to replace the Interislander ferries - almost one year after it scrapped Labour's project.

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Government won't reveal cost of new Cook Strait ferry plan

New Zealand’s government plans to buy two new ferries to traverse the Cook Strait between the North and South Islands, aiming to have them operating by 2029 when existing vessels reach the end of their life.

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New Zealand to Buy Two New Ferries to Traverse Cook Strait

Ahead of the announcement, transport advocates are divided over whether rail-enabled ferries are needed.

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Ready the lifeboats: the coalition boat appears to be listing. Twelve months after the coalition government torpedoed the new ferry plan it had inherited, along with a wild cost blowout, from the previous government, a much heralded announcement finally arrived on Wednesday, and it provided plenty more questions that it did answers.  In a new episode of the Spinoff politics podcast Gone By Lunchtime, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Man…

The Spinoff

Gone By Lunchtime: A plan to have a plan about some ferries

Nicola Willis came into Government and immediately rolled back the ferries deal with no plan B. It was a knee-jerk reaction and Kiwi companies and taxpayers will pay the price, Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says.

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Wellington

Nicola Willis’ Smaller Ferries Will Cost More

On board Interislander’s Kaitaki. The government has unveiled plans to establish a new state-owned company to procure two ferries for the Cook Strait, aiming to replace the aging fleet by 2029. In making the announcement Finance Minister Nicola Willis highlighted the importance of a safe, reliable, and commercially viable ferry service to connect the North and South Islands, while also pledging to avoid the ballooning costs of the abandoned iRex…

Daily Telegraph NZ

Ferry procurement plan sparks controversy amid cost and timeline concerns - Daily Telegraph NZ

Dale Crisp ONE YEAR after cancelling KiwiRail’s iReX Cook Strait ferry replacement program the NZ Government has announced two new but smaller vessels will be built for 2029 delivery. However, the government has not declared whether the replacement ships will be rail-enabled, and hasn’t ruled out a public-private partnership or outright private ownership. Instead it is establishing a new government entity to manage the acquisition. And NZ First …

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NZ Govt announces new Cook Strait ferry plan

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Government Ferry decision a bad deal for NZ   The Government’s ferry replacement decision has been called ‘a bad deal for the New Zealand taxpayer’ by the nationwide rail advocacy network, The Future is Rail.    The Cabinet decision, being announced today, not to replace the aging and unreliable ferry fleet with rail-enabled ferries “adds enormous costs for a poor long-term outcome,” said the network.   “It also puts the futu…

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Media Statement: ‘Governmentt Ferry decision a bad day for New Zealand’

The coalition Government is announcing its replacement project for the Interislander ferries.

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Full video: Govt reveals Cook Strait ferry plan

The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is slamming the Government for failing to show any leadership on infrastructure delivery after they revealed today that they have no plan to replace the Cook Strait ferries a year on from their decision to cancel the iReX project. “Today’s announcement by the Minister of Finance shows why New Zealanders shouldn’t trust this Government on infrastructure – despite wasting huge amounts of money and time, they still have n…

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