Ōtaki MP tells MPs FENZ gives 'platitudes' instead of fire trucks, with 35 appliances undelivered

Ōtaki MP Tim Costley told a parliamentary committee that Fire and Emergency New Zealand has offered excuses instead of equipment. Thirty medium fire trucks remain undelivered after years of delays, and five aerial ladder trucks are stalled after faults found last November — two still being fixed in Brisbane. FENZ admitted its purchasing processes were not robust enough.