Maritime NZ and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission are investigating the Aratere incident \u2013 putting the future of the Cook Strait connection under spotlight.\xa0
The Interislander ferry Aratere ran aground on Friday night - after more than 24 hours it was successfully re-floated on Saturday night.\xa0
Associate Finance Minister David Seymour told Mike Hosking \u201cIt feels like we\u2019re a nation in decline - the question is are we going to tweak it, or change it?\u201d\xa0
Semyour said you\u2019ve got to ask whether private enterprise should be contracted or take it over completely.\xa0
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