โNicola Willis botched the original ferry deal, failed to secure a new deal and then ran away from the mess she made,” Labour transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere said.
“Winston Peters now has to watch the current rail-enabled ferry retire four years before heโs promising replacements. He hasnโt even secured a new contract, we are no clearer on cost, but heโs claiming replacements will arrive in 2029. How can New Zealanders trust that without any details?
โI feel for the workers set to lose their jobs because of this Governmentโs ferry failures, but job losses seem to be run-of-the-mill under this Coalition.
โLabourโs ferries would have arrived next year. In time to replace the ageing fleet so taxpayerโs money wasnโt being spent on ongoing maintenance of the old fleet and job losses wouldโve been avoided.
โWinston Peters claiming he doesnโt want to pay to maintain use of the rail-enabled Aratere, when heโs getting two decades-old ferries to do double the work is ridiculous.
โAt this rate weโll have no ferries left before he even signs a contract for new ones. Who will retire first, the current fleet of Cook Strait ferries, or Winston Peters?โ Tangi Utikere said.
No Winstone won’t retire we will retire him by getting rid of the old coot.
It wont matter as the economy will be so bad we wont need 3 ferries in the next 3 years and may even get down to one .
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