Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal

The loss of the rail-enabled Aratere, a cru­cial link between the North and South Islands, sig­nif­i­cant­ly weak­ens the resilience of New Zealand’s nation­al sup­ply chain.

Port Unions welcome ERA finding on Lyttelton Port Company restructure proposal

The two main unions for Lyt­tel­ton Port Com­pa­ny (LPC) work­ers have wel­comed a deter­mi­na­tion this week from the Employ­ment Rela­tions Author­i­ty (ERA) that found LPC breached oblig­a­tions to the Unions and work­ers under the Col­lec­tive Agree­ments (CEAs) through a pro­posed restruc­ture of its con­tain­er ter­mi­nal oper­a­tions.