Nicky No Boats and Winston are the helping Chinese military???
It’s like, how could Nicky No Boats and Winston manage to fuck the Ferry deal up even more than it was, and astoundingly they’ve managed to find a way!
Nicky No Boats and Winston are helping Chinese military…
Chinese military-linked yard to build new Cook Strait ferries
New Zealand’s new Cook Strait ferries will be built by a Chinese state-owned shipbuilder identified by analysts as being embedded in the country’s military network.
It is the type of deal critics have previously warned could indirectly fund China’s military expansion, and follows New Zealand’s spy agency raising concerns of Chinese espionage targeting our critical infrastructure.
Rail Minister Winston Peters told reporters that the military links were not a concern after he announced on Tuesday that the Government had secured a shipbuilder for new Interislander ferries.
Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has been picked as the shipyard to build two new 200m-long ferries, complete with road and rail decks, and room for 1500 passengers each.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Peters said GSI was a “very internationally leading shipping company”.
GSI describes itself as a “national-level military enterprise”. Under parent company China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), it is largely state-owned but partially publicly listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges.
The shipyard, one of the largest in southern China, operates directly under the Chinese Government and builds both commercial and naval vessels.
A specialist maritime publication reported this month that GSI is constructing at least five new special-purpose advanced warships, which appear specifically designed for amphibious assault.
…if Nicola hadn’t virtue signalled the cancelling of the original ferry’s, we wouldn’t now be allowing the Chinese military to build them!
How one earth is this a win???
Why are NZ spy agencies involved in buying China-made Cook Strait ferries?
Judith Collins says NZ spy agencies will play a role in the procurement process – although she won’t say what role.
Allowing the main geopolitical threat to us build the infrastructure that links our two Islands together?
If the Left had screwed up this badly, we’d never hear the end of it!
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How much did the Chinese pay Willis to can the Korean deal .?
Judith probably did the deal through her contacts from her husbands deal .Best keep an eye on their bank accounts to see how big a kick back they get .Her contacts with Chinese spies would have helped grease the wheels for Winston
Yes massive conflict of interest but nothing unusual for the Dodgy National Party. Think Jamie Lee Ross and Simon Bridges aka Chinese donations.
Ah, so it was the best deal for a reason.
Winston might be thinking that he won’t live long enough to suffer any consequences of his selfish decisions and the typical conservative voter doesn’t have the grey matter to connect the ships to the shipyard and probably fly so they’re not worried about any security risk.