COOK STRAIT FERRIES, CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT, TRANSPORT
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Cook Strait mega-ferries: Has Govt lost confidence in KiwiRail’s board after Interislander blowout? (paywalled)
Rachel Maher and Vita Molyneux (Herald): What happens to Interislander ferries now? Nicola Willis responds to declined funding
Georgina Campbell (Herald): How KiwiRail’s Cook Strait mega-ferry project unravelled
Russell Palmer (RNZ): National, Labour firing broadsides after Cook Strait ferry project founders
Tom Hunt (Post): Cost blowout warnings years before Interislander project keeled over (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Finance Minister's shortsighted short shrift
Thomas Coughan (Herald): MPs row over Interislander ferries disaster as Parliament blame game begins
Thomas Manch (Post): Nicola Willis takes fight to Grant Robertson in battle over Interislander blowout (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What are the options now for Cook Strait crossing planners?
1News: KiwiRail chief responds to Govt refusal to fund mega-ferries project
Leighton Heikell (Newshub): Four unions demand Finance Minister Nicola Willis resign over scrapping of new ferry terminal funding
ODT Editorial: Needed, one efficient family run about (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Christopher Luxon's ferry snub shows he's all talk on infrastructure
Tim Dower (Newstalk ZB): Backing out of the Interislander deal was a no-brainer
Kevin Norquay (Post): Looney Tunes ferry-good inter-island option (paywalled)
Nicholas Boyack (Post): Workers left in limbo after Government abandons $3b ferry project (paywalled)
Ian Allen and Andy Brew (Marlborough Express): 'I was going to bring the missus down, but that ain’t going to happen'
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Port Marlborough surprised and disappointed by Interislander call (paywalled)
Conor Knell (Post): Dumping of ferry project disappoints Wellingtonians (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): KiwiRail considered but rejected cutting back on Interislander rail (paywalled)
RNZ: Building new ferries then selling them among options for KiwiRail - CEO
Andrea Fox (Herald): Fearful Cook Strait freight transport sector asks what next for $15 billion-a-year cargo route? (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: 'This is about tomorrow': KiwiRail chief on Government rejecting ferry and port funding request (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: A big day for calling ‘BS’ – InfraNZ boss (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Solution for budget blowout can be reached: MP
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Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon heckled to repay $8k Tesla subsidy as Government ditches ‘ute tax’
RNZ: Parliament repeals Clean Car Discount
Nile Bijoux (Stuff): The 'ute tax' can go but incentives need to stay, EV advocates say
Catherine Hubbard (Stuff): Speed cameras to quadruple nationally as NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi takes over operations
Newstalk ZB: How local councils responded to Government's move to scrap speed limit plan (paywalled)
RNZ: Real-time info coming to Wellington's public transport signs
Dean Kimpton (Herald): Auckland transport is growing, we are still behind where we really want to be (paywalled)
RNZ: Auckland Airport: Dozens of new staff on deck to help ensure 'smooth experience' for travellers
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