11 Dec 2024
Questions persist around govt Interislander ferries
The Government has failed to deliver a ferry-tale ending for the Interislander today - with major questions persisting around the ship's replacement. A year on from pulling the pin on Labour's project, the coalition has announced it will establish a company to procure two new vessels - to be delivered by 2029. Decisions are to be made in March - but there's no word on how much the deal might cost - or whether the ferries will have rail rolling on and off. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen.