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Auckland City Rail Link opening date kept secret as network rail shutdowns end

Councillor Richard Hills pressed officials for a target month, but transport chiefs insist on keeping the 6-week launch window under wraps.

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Minister tells Crown companies to ‘get on the bus’ with cost-cutting

But Air NZ, and the three big power gentailers that paid $564m in dividends last year, won't be expected to lay off staff. Jonathan Milne reports.

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City Rail Link opening: ‘The budget for champagne is nil’

Auckland’s smart new metro line won't open until August at the earliest - and, amid claims of a big overspend on the new stations, no costly launch events are planned

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New Zealand's Interislander ferry runs aground

Tugboats will attempt to refloat the Aratere after an Interislander ferry ran aground in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds.

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KiwiRail loses world-first shipping loan certification after ferry project dumped

A globally-recognised certification issued to KiwiRail for a $350 million green loan has been revoked due to the cancellation of the purchase of the new inter-island ferries. Climate Bonds Initiative Head of Certification Marina Strovolidou confirmed the certification was removed just over a week ago. Subscribe to continue reading Already…

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NZ government cans new Cook Strait ferries

KiwiRail will need a new plan to replace their aging Cook Strait ferries after the New Zealand government shelved their replacements due to cost blowouts.

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WorkSafe issues notice to Auckland rail company

WorkSafe has issued Auckland One Rail an improvement notice after finding the known psychosocial risk to workers of viewing, experiencing, or hearing about on-track collisions was not being managed effectively

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Councillors underwhelmed by KiwiRail plan for Auckland

KiwiRail and Auckland Transport aim to focus on mode shift and emissions reduction in the next 30 years of heavy rail in Auckland

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Tight decision deadline on ports' future to lock in new freight rail across Auckland

KiwiRail's $22 billion plan can't stand in isolation from other 'mega-projects' like moving the port, the second harbour crossing and Auckland Light Rail. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Govt, council backing for new KiwiRail freight line through urban Auckland

Auckland Transport and KiwiRail are finalising a plan to build a 12km heavy rail line west from Southdown to Avondale, digging right through several neighbourhoods. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Behind the scenes of Wellington's rail turmoil

Staffing schedules forced Metlink to cut services on two of Wellington's three busiest lines in early May, even though they weren't subject to speed restrictions.

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City Rail Link construction nears completion - but don't get too excited

While it will soon be time to put away the heavy machinery, there’s still a long road to travel before Aucklanders will be able to use the City Rail Link.

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The Week in Detail: Aotea, KiwiRail, and Abbey Caves

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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How KiwiRail got off track

Commuter chaos in the capital, trains grinding to a halt in Auckland - what's going on at KiwiRail?

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Pleas for deeper look into KiwiRail failure

Widespread disruption for Wellington rail users look set to ease, but questions remain over whether it was caused by KiwiRail incompetence or a symptom of wider industry dysfunction.

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Tunnel vision on proposed rail route through Auckland neighbourhoods

KiwiRail has been quietly chipping away at plan to dig a rail trench across the Auckland isthmus, lining up finance – and waiting for the right political environment to put its case, writes Jonathan Milne.

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Disaster-in-waiting warn south’s farmers

Cyclone Gabrielle’s hammering of Hawkes Bay has ignited fears in Southland of bridges failing and farmland flooding through “mismanagement” of accumulated gravel.

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AT concert travel muck-up: 'It's embarrassing'

Fans are describing Auckland Transport's plans to help them get to and from Elton John's concerts in the supercity this weekend as a fiasco with tonight's concert now cancelled due to the weather.

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Aucklanders farewell yellow brick road, welcome transport solutions

The yellow brick road to Mt Smart stadium looks to be packed this weekend as thousands travel to dual Elton John concerts.

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Climate transition needs banks – and their capital

Banks have a key role on the journey to net carbon zero. But that doesn’t mean they have an easy job | Content Partnership

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Concerns that road user discounts will shift freight from trains to trucks

Government refuses to extend track user discounts to mirror cuts to petrol excise and roads user costs, sparking worries Kiwirail will lose freight customers to higher-emitting trucks

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Government set to shake up Auckland rail

It's a green light for big changes as the Transport Minister adopts new recommendations from an independent report to proactively manage the network's fatigued assets.

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Another lick in the wall

Mural painter Bruce Mahalski enlivens city streets, peppers public places with enigmatic posters, runs his own museum and stops trains - usually in the name of environmental causes.

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Last train standing: 'We can’t ride trains that aren’t running'

With KiwiRail's decision to 'pause' the country's last remaining long-distance passenger routes, NZ's plans to reduce transport emissions are deeply compromised.

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Winners and losers in this grave new world of so-called full employment

The jobless rate has dropped to a recorded low of 3.2 percent. It's counter-intuitive, but history teaches us that this shortage of workers has its downsides for our communities.

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