Nick Mills: Winston Peters' Interisland ferry announcement told us very little - Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills

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After Sunday's very underwhelming announcement on supermarkets from Finance Minister Nicola Willis, I was a bit worried that yesterday’s announcement on the future of the interisland ferries would be much the same.

Lately the coalition government has made a bit of a habit of making announcements that mean very little.

And to some extent, that's exactly what we got from Rail Minister Winston Peters yesterday.

Now first; a bit of background.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis cancelled the brand new interisland mega ferries shortly after the election, pointing to the extreme cost blowout. She spent a year working on replacements and late last year we were told she was about to announce her bold new plan.

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