Looming election grants troubled Chatham Islands $15m – and a stay of execution

Looming election grants troubled Chatham Islands $15m – and a stay of execution

They say, teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime – but minister Shane Jones has refused to hand over about $60m in scampi fisheries quota to the financially straitened islanders. Jonathan Milne reports from Waitangi in the Chatham Islands.

Chathams to get $15m transport upgrades

Reading Time: 2 minutes A $15 million regional infrastructure investment is set to boost Chatham Islands connections, with critical wharf and fuel infrastructure upgrades and improved air links. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson announced the Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) investment this week, made up of grants of $9.4m for a major wharf upgrade programme, $5.6m to upgrade t…

RIF funding boosts Chatham Islands connections

Chatham Islands’ connections are being strengthened through funding from the Regional Infrastructure Fund for critical wharf and fuel infrastructure upgrades and improving air links through the expansion of an interlining agreement, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson say. “The Chathams’ geographic isolation means reliable connections with the mainland are very important for suppor…