Open mike 14/12/2024

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  1. gsays 1

    The Cook Strait ferries;

    carry $15B of freight annually,

    every Kiwi uses the ferry service in the form of food and goods from the South Island and vice versa,

    contribute $3.3B to the economy annually,

    and delivers thousands of jobs.

    The non decision will put more costs on Aotearoa households and is helping to increase the cost of living. It also undermines the millions (rightfully) spent on Hillside and undermines the South Island rail network.

    Shout out to tWig for awareness of BHN.

    I've just bought my Maritime Union mate and myself a Nicky No-Boats t-shirt and sticker for Christmas.

    Available here; https://bhnshop.nz/.

    • Ad 1.1

      The polls are clear enough that the people see Luxon's lot as a multi-field wreckage.

      Imagine NZ after another year of this.

      • Kay 1.1.1

        A snap election sounds very appealing. All we need is for Winston to throw a massive hissy fit over anything. Ferries would do fine.

        • Graeme 1.1.1.1

          Winston just needs to build a consensus with Lab / Green / TPM around the ferry replacement and future and the implosion between Seymore's ears will solve the problem.

          NZF will probably go into the next Parliament with 15%+ at National and Act's expense. The old codger may have rather flexible principles, but he knows the issues to latch onto that will give him enough votes to stay in the game.

          • Incognito 1.1.1.1.1

            It’ll take a boatload more for a coalition agreement but it’s a start; the CoC trimaran is heading for choppy waters thanks to the two captains yelling at each other and the helmsman’s lack of navigational skills and sense of direction.

    • bwaghorn 1.2

      Admiral willis' ghost ships!

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