Whether it’s running aground late at night or drifting dangerously close to rocky shores with hundreds on board, our ferries are undeniably a liability.
Those are just the government owned ones, a privately owned Bluebridge ferry lost power and drifted out to sea for a couple of hours last week too.
Everyone in parliament agrees we need a reliable, resilient and safe ferry service beyond 2026 and 2027 when KiwiRail’s current fleet is due for retirement.
We know this current government doesn’t agree with the approach of the past government, National scrapped the iRex ferry replacement project instigated under Labour after its cost blew out to almost $3billion.
