Dave Heatley participates in Radio NZ talk show on rail in New Zealand
This week’s Sunday Group (22 February 2009) looks at the structure and economics of New Zealand’s rail network. There seems no doubt that our publicly-owned service needs investment to make it competitive with road, sea and air transport. But how much political support is there? Is the structure right? Following privatization, asset-stripping and a loss of confidence in the service, can it be saved? Should it be saved?
Chris Laidlaw chairs a panel that includes: Chris Kissling, Professor of Transport Studies, Lincoln University; Dave Heatley, research fellow at VUW Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation; Mike Lee, Chairman, Auckland Regional Council.
Produced by Christine Cessford