The Detail Paying over the odds for our four-lane highways
Nov 3, 2025
24:34
The figures keep blowing up when it comes to paying for our Roads of National Significance, and critics say some of the justifications are shonky
Has justifying our massive spend-up on roads been 'juiced by some convenient maths' or are New Zealanders not capable of seeing the big picture?
Guests:
- Matt Lowrie - Greater Auckland director
- Nick Leggett - Infrastructure New Zealand chief executive
- Marc Daalder - Newsroom senior political reporter
Learn more:
- Greater Auckland blog
- Infrastructure NZ Transmission Gully report
- Marc Daalder's article in Newsroom
- NZTA's list of the 17 roads of national significance