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Cost of speeding up public project land purchase ‘unknown’ – LINZ

Agency responsible for managing or selling Crown property said purchases under the Public Works Act last year came in at $156m, not counting local authority buys, and that was likely to ramp up this year.

A section of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway.

Land Information New Zealand says it’s unable to estimate what the Government’s latest incentive scheme will cost.

The scheme, intended to help hasten the purchase of private land for public projects, was rolled out as amended legislation by Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Land

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Brent Melville Tue, 18 Mar 2025
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