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"Shambles would be an understatement": New interislander issues spark anger

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 1:41pm
Interislander's Aratere ferry hit a linkspan while it was docking in high winds. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Interislander's Aratere ferry hit a linkspan while it was docking in high winds. Photo / Mark Mitchell

"Shambles would be an understatement": New interislander issues spark anger

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 1:41pm

Anger from transport operators who say something needs to change with the Interislander's Cook Strait ferry service. 

The provider is only operating one ferry currently after the Aratere suffered damage hitting a linkspan when docking in Wellington yesterday. 

The issue is under investigation by Interislander. 

KAM Transport manager Bill Bamber told Kerre Woodham it's not good enough. 

He says it's frustrating, and to describe it as a shambles would be an understatement. 

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