Inquiries & Recommendations

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Explore the practicability of instituting check flights to supplement the audit process on approved operators.

amends Maritime Rule Part 80 [Marine Craft Involved In Adventure Tourism] to: • raise the minimum hours of training for jet boat drivers to 100 hours, • set a standard for drivers to reach before they can be certified as senior drivers, • require operators of commercial jet boats to have a system of on-going guidance and training for new drivers, and a system of peer review among senior drivers, and • require drivers to undergo a further 50 hour training on any new river they intend to operate on.

participate with Transit New Zealand and New Zealand Railways Corporation in a review of Browns Road level crossing at Dunsandel to ensure that the design, layout, signage and warning devices, together with the alignment of the road approaches, are appropriate and take steps to rectify any shortcomings identified.

The National Rail System Standard has not been fully reviewed since they were established in 2004. Once the status of the standards and its Committee has been established then an independent review of the standards should be conducted to determine if they are still applicable to the New Zealand rail industry, and to ensure if they are representative of standards set in other comparative countries operating modern rail systems.

He ensure that skippers of ferries adhere to the 5 knot speed restriction when within the inner harbour. In the absence of a speed indicator he should specify the engine rpm that corresponds to the required speed.

On 27 September 2023, the Commission recommended that the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, in consultation with stakeholders, resolve the ambiguity around night Visual Flight Rules and guidance to ensure they are fit for purpose.

On 8 December 2021, the Commission recommended that KiwiRail carry out an analysis of how it could best incorporate engineering control measures into both its current and future operations to minimise the risks that human factors play in effective protection for track workers. (009/21)

ensure that the alertness management training programme includes provision for ongoing refresher training

They implement the appropriate measures to ensure the attention of the public is drawn to the particular hazard of trespass on the railway in the area.

Review the charted area in which the Te Waka o Kapanga operates, combine this with the experience and local knowledge of the area staff , and produce a set of guidelines to show into which areas skippers may go, and any restrictions on such areas including recommended minimum passing distances off known dangers.

Includes in the International Safety Management system for the T.A. Explorer, the requirement for masters to plan each passage from berth to berth.

Following the accident, the Commission had some difficulty accessing sufficient information about the Easy Rider, a vessel that was still actively in the system. Maritime New Zealand was not able to find the older part of the ship file. Consequently the Commission had to rely on records from other vessels in order to make a reasonable assessment of the Easy Rider's stability.