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Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced
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The New Zealand government has announced that two new rail-enabled ferries, to be built in China, will be named Kupe and Cook. Minister Winston Peters defended the names as a reflection of maritime heritage, despite anticipated criticism regarding the colonial implications of the name Cook.
The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook .
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