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What reports or advice, if any, does the Minister hold on the total economic cost to New Zealand of reduced Cook Strait ferry capacity between 2024 and 2029, and what estimate for the total sum did that contain?

Answered Question 39657 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What reports or advice, if any, does the Minister hold on the total economic cost to New Zealand of reduced Cook Strait ferry capacity between 2024 and 2029, and what estimate for the total sum did that contain?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

None. The Cook Strait ferries continue to serve demand.