New Zealand
First reiterates its pledge for a government contribution to
a new sports stadium for Christchurch, which we gave in
Christchurch eight days ago.
“Our first condition is
that the stadium is a multi-use complex available 24/7 for
sport, entertainment and other public events,” says New
Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt
Hon Winston Peters.
“The second condition is that the
preference would be for it to be built with wood – and
wood grown in New Zealand, returning far more of the cost to
our own economy.
“Once these conditions are guaranteed
New Zealand First supports a multi-use covered stadium being
built with the help of a sizeable contribution from the
government to be determined once final costings are
made.
“Christchurch is missing out on top entertainment
and sport – this winter the Lions rugby team did not play
a test in the city for the first time in more than 100 years
of touring this country,” says Mr Peters.
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