12 Jul 2024

Union on KiwiRail running Cook Strait ferries

From Morning Report, 8:20 am on 12 July 2024

The Transport minister is refusing to confirm or deny whether the govt has been advised by the Independent Ferry Advisory Group that KiwiRail no longer run the Cook Strait ferries.The Interislander ferry Aratere ran aground near Picton last month, the latest in a series of incidents that have plagued the vessel in its 25 years of crossing the Cook Strait.Maritime Union National Secretary Carl Findlay spoke to Charlotte Cook.