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Editorial: Slow Govt decision-making on ferries starts to make iRex look good

OPINION: Even with an eye-watering budget blowout, at least there was a plan.

Transport giant wants rail on new ferries

Mainfreight's managing director said the rail connection was vital for the network.

Shipping companies asked to service the Chatham Islands

Current ship supplying the Chatham Islands, The Southern Tiare, is at the end of its life.

Dairy products take the coastal route to market

Some of Northland’s dairy exports are heading out of the area by sea instead of road.

Soaring coffee prices force roasters to add lower-cost beans to blends

Financial Times: High-quality arabica, cheaper beans have both surged in recent months.

KiwiRail chair's thinly veiled barb at Willis and why trust was a problem

Treasury has released more documents about Interislander's mega-ferry fallout.

Inside the Aratere ferry grounding: Midnight emails, mud and a disappointed minister

Correspondence reveals the back-up plan if the first refloat attempt was unsuccessful.

Container shipping giant's NZ service changes temporary, exporters and importers hope

World's No 1 container line MSC announces Oceania service rejig.

Letters: Bureaucracy gone mad on Aratere grounding inquiries

OPINION: 'The waka-jumping law is more democratic as it puts the rights of voters first.'

‘There is no cover-up’: How an NZ First tweet drove daylight between Luxon and Peters

Public speculation about the Aratere's June grounding ramped up after an NZ First tweet.

Letters: Tolls, targeted rates a small price to pay for decent infrastructure

OPINION: Also in today's letters – parenting and the state; 'reckless' remote inspections.

Fears for national growth and supply chain as Northport's expansion bid scuttled

Application failed to offset negatives of reclaiming 11.7 hectares of coast.

Northport expansion's creation of jobs outweighed by coastal impact

Independent commissioners have declined the resource consents to expand.

NZ First questions whether Aratere ran aground after autopilot was left on

Maritime New Zealand says 'conjecture' around the cause of the incident is unhelpful.

Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit

OPINION: 'Is this a society that we can be proud of?'

Interislander ferry's stabiliser fin missing for more than 18 months

It means the ship can't sail in large swells like the ones forecast this week.