We have this continuing procurement debacle with the NZ Navy which doesn't look like it could buy a dinghy without screwing up.
We have had the debacle of the Charles Chuckum, then Te Mana, which had to have a turbine replaced within a year or so of delivery, then the Canterbury which needs $20M in modifications and now there are all these other boats, undelivered, sent back, BUT LARGELY PAID FOR ALREADY. While I love putting the boot into the previous government, I wonder if there is something rotten in the Navy itself.
There should be a royal bum-kicking going on at the top and then at the procurement level. Many years ago, my father working for the State Services Commission, undertook time and motion and systems studies of the naval stores at Devonport. It seems to me that something similar is needed now and urgently. Perhaps there might be some work for me there in the New Year?
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