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South Island Demands Fair Investment | Wellington News
Business leaders in the South Island are staging a bold political showdown, demanding concrete investment plans from national politicians at a high-profile Christchurch conference. With six hundred forty attendees including the Prime Minister and party leaders, they’re highlighting a glaring imbalance: for every nine dollars spent on roads nationally, just one reaches their region — despite the South Island contributing nearly a quarter of the country’s population, GDP, exports, and tourism. Organizers like Business Canterbury argue that investing here isn’t regional—it’s national economic…
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