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Mark Thomas: Committee for Auckland Director on Auckland Light Rail's $33m building purchase

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 8:09 p.m.

The leaders of one of the Government's flagship projects are under fire for spending millions of dollars on a building weeks out from an election that could see it scrapped.\xa0

Auckland Light Rail has signed off on a $33-million contract to buy the Kiwi Bacon Building on New North Road in Kingsland.\xa0

That's despite National vowing to scrap the $14.6-billion project if it's elected next month.\xa0

Mark Thomas \u2014the director of the Committee for Auckland think tank\u2014 told Mike Hosking that the land purchase is strange, given the uncertainty surrounding the project.\xa0

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