🇳🇿 New Zealand · 2022 · 💻 Tech & systems
A billion-dollar plan to get Wellington moving. By 2022, what had been finished?
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
NZ$39 million on consultants
Wellington is moving. Mostly into consultants’ bank accounts.
What actually happened
Official documents showed Let’s Get Wellington Moving had spent about NZ$39 million on consultants since 2015. Nothing was complete, and the only project under way was a pedestrian crossing near the airport. The programme was scrapped in December 2023.
Source: Newshub ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.