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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: New ferries by 2029? I'll believe it when I see it
Description: Four more years. That's how long we’re going to have to wait for KiwiRail's new interisland ferries. But I reckon it will turn out being longer than that.  The Government says it will be December 2029. By then, we will have had two elections.  But I don’t think it will happen in that timeframe, because I listened this morning to someone who knows a bit about this. Mark Thompson’s his name. He was in charge of the Government’s ferry ministerial advisory group.   He reckons the Government is a bit on the optimist...