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Ratepayers fund Waikato Regional Council chair s feel-good gifts at train launch
15 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The huia print presented to 20 bureaucrats, dignitaries and politicians at the launch of the Te Huia Hamilton to Auckland commuter train service. Photo / Supplied
The huia print presented to 20 bureaucrats, dignitaries and politicians at the launch of the Te Huia Hamilton to Auckland commuter train service. Photo / Supplied
Herald reporter based in HamiltonNikki.Preston@nzme.co.nz
A framed, limited-edition print of an extinct bird given by Waikato Regional Council to dignitaries at the launch of the new Hamilton-to-Auckland commuter train cost Waikato ratepayers almost $5000.