Northland port owners ready for action

The owners of Northland's port say they're prepared to move mountains to take over Auckland's freight operations. A government-commissioned working group has recommended closing Ports of Auckland and moving its operations to Northport near Whangarei. Its interim report estimated the capital cost of a full move of freight operations would be 10-point-three billion dollars. Marsden Maritime Holdings shares ownership of Northport with the Port of Tauranga. Its chair, Murray Jagger, told our reporter Tom Furley they're ready to work with Auckland.