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Metlink is advising Wellington commuters not take the train today as rail workers take industrial action. From midnight rail workers started taking all breaks, and are refusing alterations to their shifts or working overtime. Wellington Regional Councillor Thomas Nash spoke to Corin Dann.

Wellingtonians can expect to see the city's bus timetables return to normal by the end of January, after grappling with ghost buses and cancelled services for more than a year. Metlink told Wellington City Council that suspended services will soon be back in action, after hiring more than 100 bus drivers. Ashleigh McCaull reports.

Wellington commuters are in for a tricky few days. Vehicle access in and around the parliamentary precinct is reduced Wednesday morning, with several nearby roads closed to traffic. Not only is that affecting cars and trucks, but public transport as well as stops have moved and routes have changed. Metlink public transport operator senior operations manager Matthew Chote spoke to Corin Dann.

It's another slow morning on the rail network in Wellington, with trains grinding along at greatly reduced speeds. After being summoned to the Transport Minister' office yesterday for an urgent please explain - and KiwiRail is now promising to restore services by Thursday. In the meantime Metlink which operates the train timetable says extra trains have been added to today's schedule. Its general manager Samantha Gain spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The Transport Minister's raising the alarm over maintenance of KiwiRail's sole track car for inspecting the lines. The Government's today launched a rapid review after the vehicle broke down. Metlink now says Wellington commuter services should be back to normal by Thursday - after major disruption today - a day sooner than first announced. Michael Wood says it's clear KiwiRail needs to do better. "They need to put this right. The rapid review will delve into this, work out what they got wrong and come back with recommendations to make sure it does not happen again."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas talks to Fiona Reid and Shaun Hunter from Somar Digital; and Andrew Myers and Lauren Strpko from Metlink. They walk us through the new on board visual and audio announcements system soon to roll out on wellington buses, get a sneak peek as to what the announcements will sound like.

Frustrated Wellington commuters are facing lengthy waits for full buses, as "mad March" hits amid a driver shortage. A hundred services have been suspended as Metlink grapples with a shortage of 120 drivers. The problem is exacerbated in March as students return to school. The Chair of Greater Wellington Regional Council Daran Ponter says half hour bus journeys are taking an hour.

One of Metlink's largest bus operators Tranzurban have set the goal to recruit 75 new bus drivers by the end of march. Right now, they are almost half way there, but questions have been asked as to whether this will make the change that is needed in the Wellington bus driver crisis. Greater Wellington Councillor and Transport Committee chair Thomas Nash joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington City Councillor Nicola Young and playwright Dave Armstrong join Nick Mills on Friday Faceoff. Together they discuss how New Zealand will recover from Cyclone Gabrielle, Wellington's bus network and how prepared we are for an earthquake in the capital. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samantha Gain is Kaiwhakahaere Matua Metlink / General Manager of Metlink, the public transport agency for Greater Wellington Regional Council in New Zealand. She is interviewed by guest host Sally Stannard, Deputy Director-General (Translink) at Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads and Vice Chair of PTAANZ's Board of Directors. Sam trained as a lawyer and loves the legal complexities of delivering public transport services and projects, as well as the diverse range of people she gets to work with and the community service it provides. Sam also shares fun and actionable advice about leadership and building the career you want.

A plea to give overseas bus drivers an easier ride into the country. More than 1800 bus trips were cancelled in the Wellington region last week - largely because of driver shortages. Metlink General Manager, Samantha Gain, says the Government could make helpful changes. She says loosening immigration settings would really help with the current shortage of about 120 drivers. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Metlink Group Manager Samantha Gain chats to Nick Mills about the network currently being 120 drivers short and the process they face in alleviating the gap.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Head of News for NZME Wellington Adam Ray updates Nick Mills on the cycleway plans for Aro Valley, the Central Library upgrade and Metlink helping fundraise for Movember. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington commuters are in for more public transport woes after Metlink announced it's cancelling 67 bus services because of a driver shortage. The changes kick in today and affect 14 bus routes during peak times. But some say it's better to wait longer for a bus than to not know whether it'll come at all. Our reporter Soumya Bhamidipati and cameraman Samuel Rillstone have the story.

A driver shortage has forced more than sixty Wellington bus trips to be suspended from next week to improve reliability. Sixty-seven services during the morning and afternoon peaks are being axed temporarily. Trips are being removed from the most frequent and least popular routes, with some services being replaced with bigger buses to keep up with demand. Metlink's general manager Samantha Gain spoke to Kim Hill.

A snow warning for Remutaka Hill Road could cause mass disruption for Wellington commuters. Metlink had replaced trains with buses this week for planned maintenance - but if Remutaka Hill Road is forced to close for snow, buses will be stuck on either side. A snowfall warning will be in place on the road until this afternoon. Metlink's general manager Samantha Gain spoke to Corin Dann.

Local councils will be allowed to take over and run public transport services themselves rather than contract them to private companies under new rules announced by the Government today. Transport Minister Michael Wood said he hoped the change to a less corporate model would help councils address the current bus driver shortage, saying the emphasis on cost-cutting had driven down driver pay and led to an exodus of drivers. That had exacerbated problems with bus service cancellations. He hoped other spinoffs would be to increase ridership and get more people out of cars, a key part of New Zealand's climate change strategy, which aims to reduce the amount of driving by a fifth by 2035. The Government is scrapping the Public Transport Operating Model, better known by its acronym PTOM, and replacing it with the "Sustainable Public Transport Framework". Detractors claimed PTOM, which was introduced under the last National government, had introduced an excessive focus on driving down costs to operate public transport. It had effectively stopped councils from owning and operating their own public transport services if they wanted to access subsidies to run those services from the National Land Transport Fund, Waka Kotahi's pool of transport funding, which comes from fuel taxes and road user charges. Currently, even bus services operated under council branding like Auckland's AT, or Wellington's MetLink, are actually run by private operators. "At the moment what we effectively have is a system whereby the councils to get funding out of the NLTF they have to be run through private provision. A number of councils have said to us … is that is a very rigid model and they want more flexibility in how they plan services in their regions," Wood said. "The PTOM model as an almost totally commercially-driven model didn't lead to the right outcomes in public transport. "The most direct place you can see that is the downward pressure on bus driver pay and conditions, which has directly led to a shortage of bus drivers and many services being cancelled across the country at the moment," he said. The new model will amend the Land Transport Management Act and make other, operational tweaks, to allow other, broader things to be considered when setting up a public transport service. These would include transparency of operating costs, service performance, the types of buses and ferries used on the service, and the terms and conditions of employees. Wood said the system would also better allow public transport on demand. These were smaller services that came to people's street corners on demand and fed people into more main public transport services. These were mainly operating in communities which were too small to sustain more traditional public transport like parts of Timaru. "Sustainable Public Transport will bring in a wider range of considerations, including the need to decarbonise, including decent terms and conditions for drivers, and including the need to ensure more mode shift across the system, alongside the need for value-for-money," Wood said. He believed this, along with the Government's key industrial relations reform, Fair Pay Agreements, would attract more people to become bus and ferry drivers, alleviating current shortages. "As we increase services, we will need more drivers," Wood said. The changes will take some time to roll out because different councils have agreements under PTOM that come up for renewal at different times. He said the funding model for public transport would be something the Government would continue to think about. Normally, about half of a public transport ticket is subsidised. This subsidy is split between councils and Waka Kotahi-NZTA, which uses fuel tax and road user charge funds. "It is something we will have to think about as we work through. If we want to lift terms and conditions or we want to decarbonise the bus fleet there will need to be financial support for that," Wood said. He said there had been a "taste" of this in Budget 2022, with the Government digging into its own pocket to fund public transport. "There was $40 million for the decarbonisation of buses and $43m for bus driver terms and conditions over the next three years," he said. "The ongoing funding is split between Waka Kotahi and councils and that is the way we want it to carry on, but the Crown has recognised that at this time there are particular pressures that we are setting that are going to need a bit of support. - Thomas Coughlan, NZ HeraldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellington's train services have been disrupted since yesterday morning due to a signalling problem. Alternative transport options have been organised by Transdev for commuters around the city. Metlink general manager Samantha Gain spoke to Corin Dann.

Train lines have been disrupted in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara/ Wellington resulting in some cancellations today and into tomorrow. Samantha Gain, General Manager of Metlink tells Karyn what you need to know.

Who needs Uber when public transport will pick you up pretty much right outside your place? In Auckland, a trial is underway where travellers can order an electric van or car to pick you up and take you to work - or to the train station. Similar to Metlink's Wellington trial, Auckland Transport's trial is underway in Papakura and Takanini - with plans to expand to other suburbs. Reporter Louise Ternouth and Camera Operator Marika Khabazi went for a ride along. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6307397838112

Auckland bus drivers working 13 hour shifts to cover staff shortages, say their employers needs to take a hard look at the poor pay and "terrible" working conditions they're offering. They say colleagues are turning their skills to truck or Uber driving as a more lucrative alternative. Meanwhile Wellington's Metlink says it's short 100 drivers, too. Katie Todd reports. Transport Minister, Michael Wood says current public transport tenders have contributed to a race to the bottom when it comes to bus drivers wages and he plans to make urgent changes.

The future of public transport has arrived in the Wellington suburb of Tawa. Metlink is trialling an on demand bus service which can pick up and drop off passengers at virtual stops, many of which are at their doorstep. Our visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went along for the ride.

All train services to Wellington City are on again after being suspended on Wednesday night. Metlink announced the network would close during the evening peak after violence broke out at the protest at Parliament as police cleared the grounds. Metlink's general manager Scott Gallacher spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Tramways Union drivers in Wellington have accepted a fourth pay offer from NZ Bus, bringing an end to months of wrangling over their collective agreement.The long-running saga has resulted in stop-work meetings, a strike, and a lockout.This afternoon NZ Bus confirmed in a statement a new collective employment agreement has been settled on with its Wellington drivers.Chief Operating Officer Jay Zmijewski said the agreement secures a fair and equitable outcome for existing staff and gives NZ Bus greater ability to recruit more full-time drivers."This is a great outcome. We want our drivers to be the best paid and have the best conditions in the industry, and this deal achieves that."We look forward to attracting more drivers to the industry to provide safe and secure public transport services to the people of Wellington."Tramways Union has been approached for comment.Zmijewski acknowledged the role Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has played in the pay talks."We look forward to partnering with council to improve service levels in the coming weeks and months."Wellington has been battling with a shortage of at least 60 drivers, resulting in record cancellations.A new reduced peak-hour bus timetable came into effect on Sunday for some services in an effort to provide more certainty, instead of commuters waiting for buses which never show up.Greater Wellington Regional Council chairman Daran Ponter. (Photo / Mark Mitchell)GWRC chairman Daran Ponter said today's vote was good news and meant drivers and the operators could put the issue behind them."This has been six months of tension and acrimony and both parties needed to be able to settle on an agreement they can live with for the next three years."But as importantly, it's also good for Wellingtonians. It means they can have certainty that they're not going to have stop-work meetings on a frequent basis."The council's involvement in negotiations is a significant step-change from its previous position of being a bystander.It has provided mediators and facilitators, topped up driver wages to the living wage, and changed service provision to get rid of as many split shifts as possible.Metlink general manager Scott Gallacher said new bus timetables would now be drawn up to reflect some of the "real wins" in the new agreement."One of the most positive outcomes will be guaranteed 8-hour shifts on request, making work and home life easier to manage for drivers."But the new timetable could also result in some services being axed due to the driver shortages, as has already gone ahead on Tranzurban services."We'll be looking to get agreement on a set of timetable changes that will better match staffing numbers to ultimately create a more flexible and reliable network", Gallacher said.

Dustin talks about his family-owned business DZine Signs. From the birth of the company in 1997 through industry changes and into today’s sustainability-focused market. We also talk about a key transport contract with Metlink Wellington, which has enabled dZine to create signs that work better with our built environment, help passengers get from A to B during disruption and shift dZine Signs into permanent signs with remote controlled messaging that can update at the press of a key. Digital transformation is here and it’s affecting every industry and companies like dZine Signs are at the forefront. Watch the interview.LINKS MENTIONEDDZine SignsKEY TIMESTAMPS2:25 DZine Signs as a one stop shop5:09 Transportation wayfinding signage10:09 The birth of DZine Signs10:48 Changes to the industry11:55 Advice for businesses looking to re-brand17:30 DZine Signs is a family-oriented business19:50 Sustainable signage23:05 Metlink signage26:53 Joining NZ Made Get on the email list at www.akiwioriginal.com

Following an unpleasant encounter on a Wellington bus earlier in the week, advocates for blind and low-vision people are calling for improved awareness and understanding of what life is like for the vision impaired. George Taggart told Checkpoint he wasn't allowed to board a bus on Adelaide Road on Wednesday when the driver didn't believe that his poodle, Gus, was his guide dog. The council's transit agency Metlink has apologised, but Blind Low Vision New Zealand argue there's a major lack of understanding in the wider community about what life is like for the vision impaired. The organisation's chief executive is John Mulka. He speaks to Susie Ferguson.

A blind wellington man who's twice been told he can"t take his guidedog on a bus says he was made to feel like a non person...and says the drivers need training. George Taggart tried to get on a Wellington Metlink bus outside the blind foundation in Adelaide road yesterday with three blind friends - they all had white canes and George had Guss... his guidedog. Guss.. who's a poodle was wearing a harness and guide dog tags and George was carrying a photo I-D that identifies him as sight impaired and Guss as his assistance dog. George Taggart picks up the story ..at the point he and Guss tried to get on the number 23 Metlink bus ..just before noon yesterday

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An avid interest in current affairs also provides a deep understanding of the current perspective.      She has expertise in strategy setting, audit, finance, business commercialization, IT, change transformation, risk, and governance. Her experience extends across a range of industries including, banking, telecommunications, technology, education, government, agriculture, the health sector, and logistics.  Her current board roles include Fenwick Pty.Ltd., Homeward Bound, and President of Rotary Melbourne in its Centenary year 2020-21.  Recent past board positions include; VFF; V/Line; Metlink; Mecwacare, and the CAE.  She was also a council member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) for eight years.  Marion has also been recognized by Rotary Melbourne with a Paul Harris Fellow and the Royce Abbey award.  Marion previously held significant senior executive roles in complex transformational environments, in particular in; telecommunications, television, and logistics. She saw the emergence of mobile technology in Australia and headed up Telstra Mobiles' Marketing Operations and then their Strategy and Business Planning in Customer management with oversight of a budget of $300 million.  Prior to that, she was a director in Television. Marion is now principal at consultancy Core Management Solutions (CMS) and has sector experience in private, public, and not-for-profit.  She built and delivered, to senior NAB executives, the award-winning program, ‘The Effective Director', and initiated the ‘Boards of Tomorrow' series with KPMG.  She facilitates the Australian Institute of Company Directors' core Company Directors Course in Strategy, Risk, and Decision-making, as well as a number of their other courses.  Marion is a Williamson Fellow and graduate of Leadership Victoria. She has been a Commissioner in Local Government and a Councillor, is cofounder of an emerging start-up edu-tech business, and founder of the Australian Governance Academy. 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John Hayes talks to Kathy Spiers, Chair of Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board, having an in-depth conversation about a recent meeting with Metlink and Uzabus and the Economic Development Strategy and following on from the interview earlier in the week with Mayor Guru, about the visits Kathy and Guru had to Medical Centres

John Hayes catches up with The Chair of the Otaki Community Board, Chris Papps, who also attended the meeting with Metlink and Uzabus. What did she take from this for Otaki? Public transport with buses, in particular. Also talking about the Capital Connection and the Hybrid Trains

John Hayes talks to Kathy Spiers, Chair of Paraparaumu/Raumati Community Board on Community Boards working together, workshop coming up about empowering Community Boards, the Metlink review of bus links and the board being out in the community for feedback

Wow, a packed System Error recording this week with Raj hosting Deborah Robb, Kay Jones, and Kowhai Montgomery as they all gathered around a table at Golding's Free Dive to shoot the breeze about anything and everything that came to mind.JOIN US NEXT TIME - same venue, Thursday 13th September, 4pm-6pmBut for now, get the views on the following:* Metlink changes * Recycling* Uses of various data and sharing your data between companies* Meat alternatives, * Tinder vs Grinder vs pink sofa vs arranged marriages - more human connection in meet space is needed. * Those dam Air NZ safety videos, traveling, and "security theatre". * Don't be that “Self important” person at the airport* Walk around the city in a costume randomly helping people* What do you want to do when you grow up?* Learning as an adult – getting out of your comfort zone to grow* Kowhai recommends a game to play. "The evolution of trust" – https://ncase.me/trust/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Marketing Today, Episode 92, from Monash University, Melbourne Australia. Featuring:Wags and Col "on the couch", discussing the following topics:Airlines - does "sex sell"?The porn industry innovating again with 3D TV;Listener feedback from Adam, Peter and Greg;Old Spice - the old and the new;Kimberley Clark, Kotex and the "V-word";The Hawthorn Football Club taking a swipe at Myki;Myki, Metlink and segmenting the fare-evader market.Song of the week: Adrina Thorpe, "Everything Changes", from http://www.musicalley.com/ Our voice feedback number is +61 3 9903 1199 - call us!