In order to make sure that the Gisborne-Hawke's Bay rail network remains unlock, the Napier-based Labour List MP Stuart Nash has said that he'll sustain any kind of move by the regional councils. This has come up as reflect move of National, which has made no attempt to save the most important infrastructure of their community.

The Transport Minister Steven Joyce wrote to Stuart Nash as a reply, when the latter asked some questions about the future of the line. He wrote, "KiwiRail will consult with the business and wider community in order to find suitable anchor customers. Currently, the line is carrying only one scheduled freight service per week. If the right commercial outcomes cannot be found then the first step would be to mothball the line to provide time for opportunities to develop".

Stuart Nash further commented that the Minister has admitted entirely that no work had been performed to market the line. He added that the Minister had taken up a very poor approach for marketing, wherein it thought that the costumers are already acquainted with the business.

Thus, they hadn't taken up any marketing, and had thought that it'll be devaluing of the money. Nash made a complaint that even though Kiwi has a branch manager in Napier, plus a salesperson employed in Palmerston North, then why can't it work for more opportunities to expand the business and its potential.