Tune in at noon to @bernardchickey.bsky.social's Midday Hoon, to hear @connorsharp.bsky.social discuss the extraordinary cost of one of the cheapest of the Coalition's Roads of National Significance—and the risks of govt rushing us into a contract.

Livestream link: open.substack.com/live-stream/122948?r=akd4&utm_medium=ios

March 02, 2026 - 21:52 UTC

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"Per household in Auckland/ Northland, it's over $30k. Like, if you put a $30k solar system on every house... you'd still have a billion dollars left over!"🤯

@connorsharp.bsky.social talks @bernardchickey.bsky.social through the cost of the latest Road of National Significance (Northern Expressway)
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100% this. I recently just did this for the 2nd harbour crossing and its crazy how many homes could have solar for the same money, and thats before any economies of scale come into it
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Cheers to @bernardchickey.bsky.social for today's lunchtime Hoon with @connorsharp.bsky.social.

An eye-popping insight into the sheer scale of the government's increasingly unaffordable "Roads of National Significance"—as revealed via Connor's latest OIA.

Link: thekaka.substack.com/p/live-with-bernard-hickey-and-connor
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