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20110716

KiwiRail pulls funding for Feilding Steam train : Manawatu Standard

20110506 :

Read : The Bolland Report on : 'Independant advice on the Economic Benefits of Rail Freight' commissioned by the Ministry of Transport in April 2010 ,

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20110503 Pressure builds for investment in rail Stuff.co.nz

20110428 Whangarei District Council expresses support for Rail ( see the article in the Northern Advocate and discuss it here on the Auckland Trains Forum

20110423 Whangarei CEO to advocate in support of KiwiRail closing down the North Auckland Line. Northern Advocate

20110423 The latest on where we are with Peak Oil from The International Energy Agency : ABC Radio National ( Australia )

20110404 Highway Upgrade cheaper, safer NZ Herald: Bob Scott

20110331 Claim expressway route tsunami hazard Kapiti Post

20110401 Tunnel Vision: Mahurangi Matters Newspaper: Opinion by Roy Vaughan

20110330 Think Big Expressway Projects Questionable : Dominion Post:Opinion by Dr Michael Pickford

20110328 Wellington's Commuter Trains Finally in Service , Radio NZ National : Morning Report

20110328 Save Kapiti: Implications of proposed state highway in the event of Tsunami inundation

20110323 Future city calls for bold vision, New Zealand Herald Editorial with more discussion on The Campaign for Better Transport's forum here.

20110322 Petrol Prices: Govt urged to prepare for oil crisis , Clive Matthew Wilson ( editor of Dog and Lemon Guide )

20110322 Holding on to home: Kapiti Coast residents vs Minister of Transport, Stephen Joyce ( TV1 Close Up video )

20110321 KiwiRail to announce future of TranzCoastal line between Picton and Christchurch ( Radio NZ)

20110321 Nelson Railway to Nowhere ( Radio NZ )

20110311 Billions wasted on roads while rail is run off the tracks. ( Dean Scanlen )

20110309: Impacts of an end to cheap oil ( TV NZ News interview with Transition Towns NZs' James Samuel )

20110302: How we'll pay the earthquake costs ( NZ Herald- front page )

20110301: Discussing the future of transport in Hawkes Bay ( Hawke's Bay News )

20110221: Rail Tunnels okay for Containers Gisborne Herald

20110219: Save our Rail Line Gisborne Herald:

20110219: Kapiti Expressway Protesters Vent at Stephen Joyce TV3

20110218: KiwiRail input sought at transport meeting Gisborne Herald

20110217: KiwiRail warns Northlanders of imminent closure of rail Radio New Zealand

20110216: Rail lines could be mothballed: KiwiRail

and Gordon Bonetti's reply to this article 'Mothballing Northland Rail Line'

and from Steve Goldthorpe, Energy Analyst from Sustainable Energy Forum

20110215: Northland Rail Decision 18 Months Away

20110215: Saving Northland Rail: KiwiRail's CEO Jim Quinn presentation to NRC in Whangarei

20110211 Rail Supporters Band Together ( Hawkes Bay Today )

20110204: Rail Protest Steaming to Gisborne

20110202 Local Matters Newspaper article : Railway campaigners mobilise to save northern line

20110204: Rail protest steaming to Gisborne ( Gisborne Herald )

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20101220: Has Kiwirail shown any commitment? ( Gisborne Herald )

20100510 : Northland Chamber of Commerce: Rail closure would be step backward

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