KiwiRail contractor stood down over ‘faulty’ track welding, working for organis…

By Irra Lee of RNZKiwiRail is using a rail maintenance contractor it temporarily stood down in Auckland earlier this year over “faulty” track welding, saying i…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-14T05:40:03.000Z

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Mason Young2026-06-14T05:50:03.000Z

bet they'll be back on the job by next week, classic KiwiRail

River Cole2026-06-14T06:05:03.000Z

yeah nah, 'sufficiently retrained' means they watched a 10 minute video. absolute joke.

Mason Young2026-06-14T06:10:03.000Z

facts. they'll be back welding like nothing happened 😂

Ben Sullivan2026-06-14T06:20:03.000Z

ffs, I ride those tracks every day. reassuring...

Finn Walker2026-06-14T06:40:03.000Z

Look, people make mistakes. If they've been retrained properly, give 'em a second chance. 🤷‍♂️

Ruby Fraser2026-06-14T06:50:03.000Z

nah mate, dangerous as. seen this first hand.

Ruby Fraser2026-06-14T07:00:03.000Z

as someone who works in rail, this is standard. they stand u down, do a 'retraining' box-tick, then u back on the tools. money over safety as usual.

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KiwiRail contractor stood down over ‘faulty’ track welding, working for organisation after retraining

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Ben Sullivan2026-06-14T07:50:03.000Z

get stuffed, we paid for this rubbish

Mason Young2026-06-14T07:15:03.000Z

lol @ 'confident' - that word's done a lot of heavy lifting

Ben Sullivan2026-06-14T07:40:03.000Z

what a load of shit. sack the contractor and start again.

River Cole2026-06-14T08:05:03.000Z

hard to retrain lazy welding. bet they just shuffled the paperwork.

Finn Walker2026-06-14T08:25:03.000Z

Hey, at least they're being transparent about it? small wins I guess

River Cole2026-06-14T08:35:03.000Z

transparent? they got caught. that's not the same thing

Finn Walker2026-06-14T08:40:03.000Z

fair point. just hoping it actually gets fixed.

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