Aratere, Interislander's only rail-enabled ferry to retire The Aratere made headlines last year when it ran aground near Picton.

NZ: #Interislander's only #rail enabled #ferry, the #Aratere, will be retired this year to make way for the construction of new port infrastructure, seeing some jobs cut: #nzpol
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Wow. The grounding didn't apparently smash the bejesus out of the hull of the #Aratere. Unexpected outcome for us #nzpol, we can have maximal sniggering at the current govt with the minimum possible disruption for this scenario. Well played, team!

The thing people don't seem to grasp when it comes to "budget blowouts" is that it isn't a failure to keep costs within a budget, it's a failure to budget properly in the first place.

A project will cost what it costs. Budgets are just a prediction of that cost.

#nzpol #interislander #aratere

Mate, you can't park there.

#aratere #kikorangi

A tweet from @BCBNZ stating: Plans to attempt a refloat of the Interislander ferry Aratere this morning are on hold as drivers gather more information about the extent of the grounding. Includes photo of ferry aground.

Hmm. The silence on the news about this was a bad sign and now this on the hell site. #Aratere #kikorangi

Whose Boat Is This Boat? We Found Out Trump was fascinated with a boat after Hurricane Florence, and Stephen Colbert has been mocking the incident ever since. We found its owner

1. The Interislander seeking the track that @NZNationalParty promised NZ they'd get us back on.

2. The underfunded #Aratere hoping to end up as Aotearoa's next #landlord! #cleverGirl

Luxon's Trump moment.
Thanks Nicola!

#whoseBoatIsThisBoat #snapElection

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