Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'm a project analyst working for government and hate relying on vague articles and cryptic press conferences.
Might chuck through a cheeky IOA and dig around for an updated Business case!
40 train carts is a good start, but my personal preference is for the ratio of trucks to train to tip over more to the train side, and with forty carts per ferry, I don't see how it's going to help given that according to gemini a train can carry 90-120 carts in one go.
Really need more details to understand or make the comparison between the two plans.
Upgrading port side infrastructure in line with earthquake and environmental regulations still needs to occur - this was a major reason for the cost blow-out, and aside from shifting this burden to the port side councils (not a solution imo), what is the revised costing for this?
Iirc a reporter asked Winston this question but the stupid old fart can't/doesnt want to answer questioning along these lines - what is the additional maintenance costs we have to fund to keep the current aging fleet going to the absolute end of their tether - this is millions of dollars in funding that's going to maintain old ships that are going to be scrap.
A question I haven't seen answered too is the whole - we'll build different ships with different shipyards. Are we going with one rail enabled ship, one just cars and trucks? Again - I'd love further information here.
Re- the slight bump in capacity freight and people wise - I'm all for the efficiency gains by having rail enabled ferries - but it's a bit of a shame they will only carry 40 rail carts per trip. I'd prefer a bigger shift towards moving goods by rail and reducing trucks on the road - this is the only way to do it given its such a vital choke point.
Bit of a novel apologies - a guy who takes the ferries mostly as passenger walk on ~10 times a year.
Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Someone please tell me how to think and either cause outrage or support!
Is this just a 'you've been around for a while longer than everyone else, here have some money?' sorta thing?
Streisand effect in full force here. Wonder if the comment t would've gone under the radar and they could've delay with Goff quietly.
What am I saying, Peters doing something quietly, yea right.
664 deaths due to covid in the last year?! Jeez.
I happened to pop in to the pharmacy for something, and if it wasn't for a poster advising a new round of free boosters was available I wouldn't have known or gotten one.
Gov. Could do a bit better with awareness and promotion.
We got chickens when facing an egg crisis here in NZ. Lovely little animals. It's been nice being able to look after and care for these creatures, knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs. Much more useful than my dumb dog.
You have far more patience than I do for dealing with this Muppet. Good on you, and hope you have a nice day!
Maybe a solution is to increase the amount people get through the benefit system.
But to be clear, I'm definitely talking about the <1% of tenants who are taking the Mickey, and I don't think what KO has been doing in the recent past has really worked for them.
As someone who's skipped the whole OE and worked hard to scrape together a house deposit, living in a not too great area surrounded by KO homes whilst struggling somewhat to pay the mortgage, I don't get the sensationalism surrounding the news articles focusing on KO lately. Like, I'd love to be able to live in a nicely insulated home where the cost won't exceed 25% of my income. If people take the mickey in this situation we shouldn't be giving them a rent free pass? ie rewarding people for not playing their part in society. Alternative headline: Tenants who don't pay rent get evicted.
For as much as I'd like to pile on NACT, as both a public service employee who's nearly lost their job, and many friends who did and remain jobless,
This seems pretty sensible. Acknowledging they got some of the things wrong and getting community feedback.
People pay full price for steam games?
Like, you don't have an abundance of games to play and cant wait a year, maybe two, to get it for atleast 50% off?
Or is that just me and am I weird?