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Speaker 1: And experts have found the aging inter Island of fleet

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Speaker 1: is in better condition than previously thought. The report found

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Speaker 1: no systemic issues are preventing their ferries from running until

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine, but it will cost an extra seven

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Speaker 1: million dollars each year in maintenance, bringing the total to

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Speaker 1: thirty six million annually. The Maritime Union is cautious of

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Speaker 1: the findings, pointing to several recent failures with the ships.

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Speaker 1: Cal Finlay is the Maritime Union from the Maritime Union

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Speaker 1: joins me, now, good morning, good to have you on

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Speaker 1: the show. Do you are you not buying this report.

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Speaker 2: Right? And we accept the report, we're always saying as

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Speaker 2: with caution. You know that these aging vessels come with

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Speaker 2: problems and they're still not being addressed or the government

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Speaker 2: and what they're going to do in replacing them, because

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Speaker 2: they need to be replacing them. There's no getting away

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Speaker 2: from that. Mate.

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Speaker 1: Do you think they can carry on to twenty twenty nine?

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Speaker 2: Though? Well it's not ideal, but I guess Jimmy Rail

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Speaker 2: have been put in impossible position where they need to

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Speaker 2: carry on and as you pointed out, they're spending all

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Speaker 2: this extra money on the maintenance just to keep them going.

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Speaker 2: On a daily basis, which is which is not ideal

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Speaker 2: for anyone.

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Speaker 1: The report says the kayatacky is in good to fear

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Speaker 1: condition in general. The chyato here is in good to

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Speaker 1: fear condition in general. The arditary, the one that grounded recently,

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Speaker 1: is in good condition in general. Do you agree with

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Speaker 1: the assessments?

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Speaker 2: Well, you have to get you know, they say they've

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Speaker 2: got the top experts in you'd have to believe in

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Speaker 2: their assessment. But what I would say is that, you know,

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Speaker 2: Crewe welfare has to be a priority here, and I

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Speaker 2: think I think with the given history, they need to

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Speaker 2: have a very very clear, well fought out rescue plan

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Speaker 2: if something does decide to go go wrong.

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Speaker 1: What do you do you think something could go wrong?

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously it's at rest because especially when you've

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Speaker 1: got aging, aging vessels.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, definitely. I'd just rather be prepared than the old,

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Speaker 2: you know, story of the implants at the bottom of

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Speaker 2: the cliff sort of scenario.

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Speaker 1: That button that was inadvertently pressed on the other teddy,

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Speaker 1: I mean, does that not show that perhaps it is

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Speaker 1: human failure there rather than vessel failure.

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Speaker 2: Look, I think we need to text it back mate,

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Speaker 2: and just really wait for the report because obviously that's

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Speaker 2: really really serious and I've just sort of don't have

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Speaker 2: a poor, poor fuel on the fire. I'm going to

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Speaker 2: wait for the report to make any comments on that. Mate.

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Speaker 1: That's fine, I understand and appreciate it. Cal, thank you

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Speaker 1: very much for your time this morning. Really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Cal Finlay is the Maritime Union of New Zealand National Secretary.

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Speaker 1: It is twenty three after five. Interestingly, in this report,

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Speaker 1: it talks about the hull fatigue. The fatigue age of

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Speaker 1: the inter islander fleets steel hulls was less than a

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Speaker 1: quarter of the actual age of the ships, meaning they

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Speaker 1: are in really good condition. Why or the fairies don't

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Speaker 1: sail in really heavy seas to avoid discomfort to passengers

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Speaker 1: and livestock. This has reduced each vessel's exposure to extreme

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Speaker 1: waves that could have accelerated hull fatigue. So they're very

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Speaker 1: young for their age, almost like they've had a shot

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Speaker 1: of botox or something. Underneath, they're in good condition underneath,

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Speaker 1: but it's the mechanical side of it that seems to

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