Public transport experience for KiwiRail board

Public transport experience for KiwiRail board
Officials recommend KiwiRail's next board appointment should have public transport experience. (Image: Getty)
Oliver Lewis
Selection criteria for a new KiwiRail board member should include public transport experience, Treasury has recommended.It follows a letter sent by the chairs of Auckland Transport (AT) and Greater Wellington regional council to Treasury in July calling for the criteria to be included in the search.“We believe that the centrality of metropolitan rail services to delivering the government’s objectives for climate change and mode shift would support an argument for a public transport perspective to be brought to the KiwiRail board tab...

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