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‘Critical challenge’: Auckland faces soaring transport subsidy costs
Bus subsidies increased from $2.72 to $4.70, trains from $4.56 to $12.01.

Editorial: Documents prove Willis too hasty in cancelling ferry contract
OPINION: The Finance Minister should have pressed pause, rather than scrapping iRex.

Letters: Trump has a short memory when it comes to international solidarity
OPINION: When wildfires raged in the US, crews from around the world rushed to help.

Willis told to renegotiate with shipbuilder three months after cancelling mega-ferries
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is back at the table after a 'charming' meeting with Winston Peters.

Warships and ferries leave troubled waters for Peters to calm in Asia - Editorial
OPINION: Time is ticking for a solution on Cook Strait ferries as warships sail nearby.

Hyundai back in contention for Cook Strait ferries after Peters talks
A previous $3 billion ferry deal with Hyundai was cancelled last year.

Man walking off Cook Strait ferry caught with suitcase full of vacuum-packed cannabis
Police also recovered more than $12,000 in cash and a BB gun resembling a Glock pistol.

Shane Te Pou: CEO Luxon needs to get his business in order
OPINION: Tens of thousands of young Kiwis are joining the record brain-drain.

Ombudsman reconsiders KiwiRail’s bid to keep ‘excessive’ consultant spend secret
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has said the cost is 'excessive and not justifiable'.

Big swells axe Cook Strait ferry sailings as holidaymakers return for work
Big swells and southeries cause headache for holiday-makers and those returning to work.

Ferry chaos: Interislander cancels sailings, warns of disruption for 'next few days'
Ferry passengers face further disruptions today.

Inside Cook Strait ferry’s new lounge: The perks, cost & ‘child-free bliss’
Bluebridge and Interislander report strong summer bookings despite political uncertainty.

Interislander ferry Kaiārahi resumes sailing after fault fixed
A technical issue delayed the ferry in Wellington Harbour.

Richard Prebble: My answer to the Cook Strait ferry problem
OPINION: Ferries dilemma reveals deeper port strategy issues.

Letters: Political blame-game compounding infrastructure woes
OPINION: 'The real issue with the ferries is many decades of strategic mismanagement.'

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Government all at sea on faltering ferry spend
OPINION: This isn’t doing much for National's attempts to look like better money managers.

Shane Te Pou: See this Govt for what it is - NZ's not getting 'back on track'
OPINION: On almost every indicator, things are heading in the wrong direction.

Steven Joyce: How political bottlenecks stalled Kiwirail's ferry plans
OPINION: Ferry saga shows politicians should be kept from commercial decision-making.

Audrey Young: Troubled waters – Peters, Seymour clash over ferry plan
OPINION: The new Minister for Rail is not in a collaborative mood.

Barry Soper: An indefensible ferry plan - Govt is finishing the year derailed
OPINION: We’re getting back on track, the PM’s intoned time and time again.

'Omnishambles': Government's ferry plan slammed, calls for Nicola Willis to resign
Winston Peters named Rail Minister; new ferries delayed, costs and specs still unclear.