No Wellington Street Race For NZ

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The bid for a street race in Wellington is all over

From www.nzcity.co.nz

No V8s for Wellington, AVESCO says it's a joke


V8 Supercars not going ahead in Wellington- AVESCO says New Zealand's approach to big sport is a joke



13 May 2005

The V8 Supercars look to be dead and buried in New Zealand.

Wellington City Council has decided against trying to stage a round of the V8s in the capital.

It has decided the event would be too expensive.

An irate AVESCO spokesman Tony Cochrane says New Zealand's approach to big sport is a joke and it is disappointing

He says staging a round at Pukekohe was only going to be possible if Wellington would go ahead from 2007.

Council officers have recommended the race be canned and once again the Resource Management Act is being blamed.

Like Auckland's failed bid, getting a resource consent has also proved to be too big a hurdle in the capital.

The time and cost of getting a consent for a small section of track by the ferry terminal has proved too prohibitive.

Resource consent was going to take around 18 months for the stadium circuit at a cost of $1 million, with no certainty about the outcome.

Mayor Kerry Prendergast says the RMA needs to be changed in order to recognise regional and national interests.


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