Just trying to book on the Interislander. For the first time ever, the web form is asking for my home address, and won't let me carry on without giving it.
Why on god's green earth does a ferry company need to know where I live? Surely it's against the Privacy Act to demand personal data you don't need to provide a service?!
Labour/ Greens: iRex it.
NatACT First: iWrecks it.
“it’s fair to say that the three partners in the coalition, there were some who started with divergent views, there were some who didn’t think an investment in ferries was necessary at all."
#NickyNoBoats, 2024
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A few more thoughts on the present, and potential future, of the interisland ferry services.
Leasing diesel-only ferries would make far more sense than buying them. Because of the inevitable price rises and shortages of diesel in the long run.
Is there an option to rent hybrid-electric ferries instead of buying them? Or rent-to-own them instead of buying them outright (ideally ones that can use sodium-ion batteries)?
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Car parking at the Picton Ferry terminal
Car parking and grafitti art at the Picton Ferry (aka the Interislander) terminal. The copyright of this image continues to be held by the estate of Ans Westra. Please forward all requests for copies, permission use and reproduction to Ans Westra's agent, {Suite} gallery by emailing [email protected] or ...
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Perfect weather for the crossing. Very flat seas.
Somewhere over there is the entrance to channel between the islands that leads to Picton.
It’s clear enough you can see the South Island from the beginning of the strait.
The mess that our railways are in - including the Interislander - is a direct result of decades of underinvestment in maintaining and upgrading infrastructure. Both under corporate ownership as Transrail, and under the Key government after they were bought back into public ownership at the tail end of the Clark government.
The grounding of the Aratere was a direct result of this.
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Strypey
Edward Curtis
David de Groot