Written By: advantage - Date published: 4:24 pm, June 22nd, 2024 - 37 commentsCategories: assets, national, Politics, privatisation, same old national, simeon brown, transport - Tags:The grounding of the ferry Aratere is potentially a political gift to National. In January 2023, the Kaitake lost power inside Cook Strait while it had 880 people on board. In 2013 the Aratere had one of its propellers simply fall off. And yesterday the steering on the Aratere failed about 15 minutes after it had set off from Picton. In both trade and travel, it is as core to the connection of New Zealand as a country as the Transpower Cook Strait cable.
