By: Graeme Dunstan

Graeme Dunstan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:22:34 +0000

Over a four year period I have been prompted by some people from the Chatham’s to start a new shipping service, as some were not happy with the service given by KL.
In the last year I have looked and listened and offered suggestions, from a 55 meter ship on a weekly service, to a 124 meter vessel on a fortnightly service, none of these are any good to you people, so you say.
Well, last week another Island Group accepted a 124 meter Roll On/Roll Off ship from me, so they could load the freight on the lower deck and carry a full load of Cattle on the upper deck, hey what a great idea. Now it has only taken this Group of Melanesians a few months to work this out, your still deciding.
This afternoon I have just been asked by a second group, way up in the Pacific if they can have an identical vessel and as soon as possible.
Hey this is funny and strange, two groups of people who live in far harsher conditions to Chat’s people, have made decisions by using knowledge gained from those who know and used it to put together a package in a very short time.
So I am writing this because of two phone calls I have had from the island this afternoon, calls that the Char’s people could be about to make a huge mistake and take a backwards step that may just cripple the islands forever.
Somebody on the Islands, very quickly needs to take the Boards hands and lead them to Wellington and explain some basic understandings to them and stop them from making decisions on insufficient, unfounded and incorrect knowledge.
You could have had a new ship and new freight service, run and controlled by yourselves eight months ago, but insufficient, unfounded and incorrect knowledge has stopped that.
Good luck Chatham’s, you certainly need it.
Graeme Dunstan

By: rekohu

rekohu — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:37:00 +0000

Hey Freddie
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