Nineteen of the 19 Andrews who made submissions to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Future of Inter-Regional Passenger Rail in New Zealand are enthusiastic supporters of bringing back a comprehensive regional passenger rail network. By the close of submissions on Friday 21 October more than 1700 individuals, community groups, academics, councils and experts had had their say.<\/p>\n
There were seven Catherines, 19 Chris or Christophers, and nine Brians or Bryans.\u00a0 No doubt there\u2019s a public servant or two beavering away right now on a summary of the thousands of pages of submissions and we\u2019ll tell you about that once it\u2019s completed*.*\u00a0<\/p>\n
But for now we can tell you what those Andrews thought. \\
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\nIn essence: there\u2019s a climate emergency, our roads are unsafe, and trains are excellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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