Pete Hodgson's speech to the Dunedin Hospital Demonstration

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it will end up like the ferries, we will end up paying the same amount for less, because National delayed and inflation continued...

It appears that 500 million was blown on that project with nothing to show for it.
Best to start over. 3 billion for 2 ferries is a joke.

And as is said "half a truth is often a great lie". The cost of the ferry upgrade included portside developments to cater for the new vessels. Just another example of lack of infrastructure investment over many decades, and 'Nicola no votes' ignores the need for infrastructure capex and makes NZ look like an unreliable banana republic to the Korean ship builders.