News in Brief

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The New Zealand government has scrapped the previous administration’s plans for regional car fuel taxes to fund transport investment. Suburban electrification in Auckland will now be funded through capital appropriation or additional debt. The government has decided the nationalised KiwiRail should own the new passenger trains for Auckland and Wellington, ...

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