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Coalition forced to back down on tolling Manawatu Gorge replacement
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, December 16 in The Kākā’s Dawn Chorus above and the daily Pick ‘n’ Mix below are:
* Transport Minister Simeon Brown is ploughing ahead with plans to toll all new Roads of National (and Regional) Significance (RONS) and some motorways already under construction, but on Friday suffered his first big defeat on tolling when he had to announce he had backed down on plans to toll the new Pahiatua Track Manawatu Gorge replacement motorway.
* Brown also announced a…
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