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Further to reply 30352 (2026), how much time has been programmed between delivery of each vessel by Guangzhou Shipyard International and its entry into service on the Cook Strait for the delivery voyage, sea trials, Maritime New Zealand certification, crew training, and berth commissioning?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • Further to reply 30352 (2026), how much time has been programmed between delivery of each vessel by Guangzhou Shipyard International and its entry into service on the Cook Strait for the delivery voyage, sea trials, Maritime New Zealand certification, crew training, and berth commissioning?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

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This information will be released closer to 2029, but time is allocated for these matters to occur before the first vessel enters service in the first half of 2029.