RMA reform minister Chris Bishop bowed to public pressure to release a list of organisations he had approached about applying to have consents fast-tracked.
Wood admitted the Ministry of Transport’s doomed twin track process, which involved competing bids from the NZTA and the NZ Super Fund-led NZ Infra proposal, was flawed. “It shut Aucklanders out of the process,” Wood said. “But today I’m drawing a line under it and including Auckland from the get go.”
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Transport Minister Michael Wood admits Aucklanders were left out of previous consultations over light rail through the city, and announced new engagement processes. Karen Wilson is the chairperson of the Te Ākitai Waiohua Iwi Authority. As mana whenua the iwi has long standing historical ties to south Auckland and its Pukaki Marae is in Māngere.