New Zealand business group carps buying ferry from Bangladesh
There is mounting criticism of the New Zealand Government for getting the 60-seat boat built cheaply in Bangladesh instead of the country. A business group says the process for buying a new ferry from Bangladesh with aid money was flawed from the beginning.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) of New Zealand commissioned the aid-funded ferry for $8 million to replace a vessel linking the New Zealandterritory of Tokelau to Samoa with fortnightly sailings.
Kim Campbell, chief executive of the Northern Employers and Manufacturers As...