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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 19, 2018 16:27:02 GMT 12
NGATI WHATUA ORAKEI APPEAL $1.85 BILLION EAST-WEST LINK HIGHWAYA New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) project that would link the South-Western (SH20) and Southern Motorways (SH1) has been granted consent. NZTA says it will improve travel times and make for easy more reliable travel, but Auckland iwi Ngati Whatua Orakei are appealing the decision. A highway estimated by NZTA to cost up to $1.85 billion has been granted consent. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei spokesperson Ngārimu Blair says, “EPA, the Environmental Protection Authority, have given consents to build this highway.” Blair says, “This will be laid out over The Mānukanuka of Hoturoa, the habitat of some of our birds and endangered species of the tribes of this region.”..... www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/ngati-whatua-orakei-appeal-185-billion-east-west-link-highway
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