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Not for profit highway

Richard Peat, the founder of Aotearoa Rural Rail / Rerewhenua ā-rohe o Aotearoa, discusses why Aotearoa New Zealand’s railway network has not enjoyed a favourab

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Case For New Zealand Railway Reform

Opinion – Richard Peat, the founder of Aotearoa Rural Rail / Rerewhenua ā-rohe o Aotearoa, examines reasons why Aotearoa New Zealand's national rail network

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2023

As is traditional, the final Blog post of the year looks back on what we have achieved these past 12 months. 2023 has been a surprising year for us commentators, as after the conveyor belt in 2022 there was a prediction that we would swing back into ou…

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Saturday 30th – Goodbye 2023

The last working day of the year and busy one with more of us returning after the Christmas period.While it might be our last working day of the season, our running days still numbered three with trains ending on New Years Day. The signalman holds the …

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Thursday 28th – Back to work

Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and Boxing Day. We were closed on the latter day and Wednesday, but back to work today. We had a good turnout considering we are still in the holiday period with 8 attending – it should have been 10 but two of t…