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Transport Minister Michael Wood speaks out on Auckland port safety issues
12 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Alex Burton
Ports of Auckland has not had a culture that values human life and wellbeing, says Transport Minister Michael Wood. An independent review of health and safety at the port had laid out systemic failings that must be addressed urgently, and he expected all recommendations from the resulting report to be implemented, Wood said. There hasn t been a culture in place that values human life and wellbeing and we ve seen the tragic results of this with deaths and serious injuries at the port over the last few years.
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The wait for driver licence tests in Gisborne is at least five weeks, leaving rural East Coast residents trying to enter the workforce in limbo.
NZTA and VTNZ say Covid-19 lockdowns have created a backlog of 42,000 driver tests nationwide.
Photo: LDR / Alice Angeloni
One driving instructor called the wait for a practical test, which earlier this week stretched into June, extraordinary and said he had not seen it like this in 25 years.
When Mcinnes Driver Training office manager Colin Simpson tried to book practical driving tests in Gisborne last week, no spots were available. There wasn t a single booking slot in Gisborne at all, forever, he said.