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ComCom pushes KiwiRail to compensate customers for cancelled ferry sailings
Law & Regulation

ComCom pushes KiwiRail to compensate customers for cancelled ferry sailings

More people whose travel plans are derailed by Interislander ferry cancellations will now be eligible for compensation.Interislander, which is owned by the state-owned enterprise KiwiRail, is loosening its approach towards compensating customers affected by mechanical breakdowns...

Staff reporters 17 Apr 2025
‘High risk’ Northland project attracting global interest
Infrastructure

‘High risk’ Northland project attracting global interest

NZTA is due to request bids from up to three shortlisted consortiums in June.

Oliver Lewis 17 Apr 2025
From trainee priest to ferry finder chair
Infrastructure

From trainee priest to ferry finder chair

Is there anything Chris Mackenzie hasn't done?

Oliver Lewis 15 Apr 2025
Treasury unhappy with tweaks to $1b transport fund
Infrastructure

Treasury unhappy with tweaks to $1b transport fund

The money was meant to bring forward a second wave of roads of national significance. 

Oliver Lewis 14 Apr 2025


Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis

Infrastructure Editor

Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South. 

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