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Less focus on climate and more on reliable transport, please

OPINION: With Auckland facing three years of rail shutdowns, all we want is a dependable and practical public transport service.

NBR senior journalist Maria Slade speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Maria Slade Wed, 07 Dec 2022

When I was a single gal, we used to say that eligible men were like buses: you wouldn’t see one for ages and then two would turn up at once.

It’s an old chestnut and, as a regular user of Auckland’s public transport network, I can tell readers the comparison remains as valid as it was in my

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