RNZ14 Jun, 2026 05:40 AM6 mins to readRNZ can reveal the contractor also carried out "serious" defective work in a City Rail Link (CRL) tunnel around the same time. Photo / RNZ, Yiting LinRNZ can reveal the contractor also carried out "serious" defective work in a City Rail Link (CRL) tunnel around the same time. Photo / RNZ, Yiting LinBy Irra Lee of RNZKiwiRail is using a rail maintenance contractor it temporarily stood down in Auckland earlier this year over “faulty” track welding, saying it’s confident crews have been sufficiently retrained.

RNZ can reveal the contractor – which carried out improper welding on