Caucus took convincing
The big rise in Post Office charges came under hard questioning at a Government caucus meeting yesterday.
The announcement was delayed three hours while the Postmaster-General, Mr Hunt, answered his colleagues and had more information prepared to back up his case to the public.
Mr Hunt said no caucus member was opposed to the higher charges after he had explained the need for huge investment in telecommunications now and the alternatives for funding'
Comparisons of postal and telephone charges showed that the new basic New Zealand inland letter rate of 30c was less than half the equivalent charge in West Germany and 13c less than Australia’s. For inland toll calls of up to 160 km, the New Zealand rate would still be less than those in Australia, Britain, or the United States. National had spent $631 million on telecommunications development in the last six years, yet Labour had reached that level of investment in two years, Mr Hunt said.
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