For the international audience Nicola Willis, New Zealand's finance minister, cancelled a NZD2.9B(~USD2B) ferry&terminal project to "save move" but will be replacing it with a more expensive less fit for purpose project yet to be determined. Such stupidity is normally reserved to the GOP.
Willis expressed reluctance over buying a new "Ferrari" while suggesting a cheaper secondhand Toyota "Carolla" would be more fiscally prudent. 20 ferries exist that meet Willis' parameters, but none are up for sale.
The ferries service rail, vehicle, and passenger traffic across Cook Straight between New Zealand's largest Islands, economic consequences of loss of function in ferry service would be catastrophic to the county's economy.
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