🇳🇿 New Zealand
3 real examples of unusual New Zealand government spending, biggest first. Each one links to its original source, so you can check it yourself.
An unusual cost is not automatically waste. Some had good reasons; some really didn’t. Amounts are in original currency and not adjusted for inflation. See how we check the facts.
- 🚋 Six years of planning a light rail line that was never builtNZ$228 million spent before cancelling · 2024
A tram line from the city to the airport. Planned for six years. Track laid: none.
- 🚧 Consultants for a transport plan that mostly delivered a pedestrian crossingNZ$39 million on consultants · 2022
A billion-dollar plan to get Wellington moving. By 2022, what had been finished?
- 🚲 Office rent for a bike bridge that had already been cancelledNZ$491,120 office rent · 2022
Auckland’s harbour cycle bridge was scrapped in 2021. The project office lease wasn’t.
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