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Lower North Island to get brand new fleet of electric trains (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shots fired

Labour transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere said he was happy the upgrade was going ahead.

“Labour put money aside for these trains in 2023, we’re so pleased the Government didn’t cancel them like the ferries,” he said.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

I have a suspicion that someone tried explaining the sunk cost fallacy to the government. They then freaked out and canceled the ferries in case they sank