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Subsequently I cut and paste the references from the most current wikipedia version.  As per [[Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service]], lists of facts are not eligible for copyright, and I believe references are mere lists of facts.  So no attribution to the wikipedia is required.  [[User:George Swan|George Swan]] ([[User talk:George Swan|talk]]) 12:55, 2 January 2024 (CST)
Subsequently I cut and paste the references from the most current wikipedia version.  As per [[Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service]], lists of facts are not eligible for copyright, and I believe references are mere lists of facts.  So no attribution to the wikipedia is required.  [[User:George Swan|George Swan]] ([[User talk:George Swan|talk]]) 12:55, 2 January 2024 (CST)
== rough work ==
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{{cite news |last1=Small |first1=Zane
| title      = $14 billion Auckland light rail bid gets green light, decision on second Waitemata Harbour crossing on 2023
| url        = https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/01/14-billion-auckland-light-rail-bid-gets-green-light-decision-on-second-waitemat-harbour-crossing-in-2023.html
| access-date = 2022-01-29
| work        = [[Newshub]]
| date        = 2022-01-28
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129202949/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/01/14-billion-auckland-light-rail-bid-gets-green-light-decision-on-second-waitemat-harbour-crossing-in-2023.html
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<ref name=greaterauckland2020-06-24>
{{Cite news
| url        = https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2020/06/25/light-rail-dies-but-light-metro-may-return/
| title      = Light Rail dies but Light Metro may return
|access-date  = 2020-06-26
| date        = 2020-06-24
| work        = [[Greater Auckland]]
| archive-date= 4 August 2020-08-04
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200804052111/https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2020/06/25/light-rail-dies-but-light-metro-may-return/
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<ref name=stuff2020-05-20>
{{cite news
| author = Thomas Coughlan
| title=Government puts light rail 'on hold'
| url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300011411/government-puts-light-rail-on-hold |accessdate=13 May 2020
| work=stuff
| date= 2020-05-13
| archive-date= 2020-05-20
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<ref name=newsroom2020-06-26>
| url        = https://www.newsroom.co.nz/1247394/light-metro-not-light-rail
| title      = 'Light Metro', not 'Light Rail'
|website=www.newsroom.co.nz
| date        = 26 June 2020-06-20
| accessdate  = 26 June 2020
| archive-date=28 June 2020
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<ref name=stuff2019-10-31>
{{cite web
| url        = https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117065848/what-do-we-know-about-the-two-light-rail-plans-and-is-the-super-funds-worth-waiting-for
| title      = What do we know about the two light rail plans, and is the Super Fund's worth waiting for
|website=Stuff.co.nz
| date        = 2019-10-31
| accessdate  = 2019-11-02
| archive-date= 2019=11=-2
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191102033053/https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117065848/what-do-we-know-about-the-two-light-rail-plans-and-is-the-super-funds-worth-waiting-for
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{{cite news     
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| title      = Twyford's dilemma: housing or a fast trip to the airport?
| work        = [[Newsroom NZ]]
| date        = 24 October 2019-10-24
| accessdate  = 2 November 2019-11-02
| archive-date = 2019-10-24
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191024210838/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/24/875033/aucklands-light-rail-decision-housing-or-transport
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<ref name=stuff2019-08-01>
{{cite news
| url        = https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/114654542/auckland-light-rail-announcement-soon
| title      = Auckland Light Rail announcement 'soon'
|website=Stuff.co.nz
| date        = 2019-08-01
| accessdate  = 2019-08-01
| archive-date= 2019-08-01
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190801162859/https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/114654542/auckland-light-rail-announcement-soon
| url-status  = live
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<ref name=railjournal2019-08-24>
{{cite news     
| url        = https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/two-delivery-partners-shortlisted-for-auckland-light-rail/
| title      = Two delivery partners shortlisted for Auckland light rail|website=
| work        = [[International Railway Journal]]
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| url-status  = live
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<ref name=NZGovtSouthwestGateway>
{{Cite web
| url        = https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/southwest-gateway/Southwest-Gateway-Airport-to-Botany-rapid-transit-poster.pdf
| title      = Southwest Gateway Airport to Botany Rapid Transit
| url-status  = live
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<ref name=Stuff2018-05-09>
{{cite news
| url        = https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103750310/nz-super-fund-keen-to-build-and-operate-aucklands-light-rail
| author    = Henry Cooke
| accessdate = 10 May 2018-05-10
| title      = NZ Super Fund keen to build and operate Auckland's light rail
| date      = 9 May 2018-05-09
| work        = [[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]
| archive-date= 2018-05-10
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115716/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103750310/nz-super-fund-keen-to-build-and-operate-aucklands-light-rail
| url-status  = live
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<ref name=nzherald2019-08-24>
{{cite news
| url        = https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12202106
| title      = Trams could run under Queen St as part of Auckland's $6 billion light rail project
| accessdate = 25 August 2019
| date      = 9 February 2019-02-09
| work      = [[New Zealand Herald]]
| archive-date=24 August 2019-08-24
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190824210609/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12202106
| url-status  = live
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{{Cite news
| url        = https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/watch-live-christopher-luxon-faces-pressure-to-rein-in-winston-peters-as-he-fronts-first-post-cabinet-press-conference/KEQJSEU7YVDUBJDUEBZX6INU4Y/
| title      = Christopher Luxon’s first Cabinet: Unveils Government’s 100-day plan, pressure to rein in Winston Peters
| author      = Michael Neilson
| date        = 2023-11-29
| access-date = 2023-11-29
| work        = [[NZ Herald]]
}}
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<ref name=rnz2023-11-30>
{{Cite news
| author      = Amy Williams
| date        = 2023-11-30
| title      = Auckland Light Rail: New government taking advice after stopping work on project
| url        = https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/503560/auckland-light-rail-new-government-taking-advice-after-stopping-work-on-project
| access-date = 2023-11-30
| work        = [[Radio New Zealand]]
}}
</ref>
<ref name=NZGovtAirport2Botany>
{{Cite web
| url        = https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/airport-to-botany-rapid-transit/
| title      = Airport to Botany Rapid Transit
| access-date = 2020-03-28
| archive-date= 2020-04-01
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200401233722/https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/airport-to-botany-rapid-transit/
| url-status  = live
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<ref name=AucklandTransport2018-05-09>
{{cite web
| url        = https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/light-rail/
| title      = Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018
| publisher  = [[Auckland Transport]]
| accessdate  = 2018-05-10
| archive-date= 2017-11-20
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120093628/https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/light-rail/
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<ref name=MoT2018-05-09>
{{cite web
| url        = https://www.transport.govt.nz/land/auckland/atap
| title      = Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018
| publisher  = [[New Zealand Ministry of Transport]] / Te Manatu Waka
| date        = 2018-05-09
| accessdate  = 2018-05-10
| url-status  = live
| archive-date=10 May 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115340/https://www.transport.govt.nz/land/auckland/atap
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<ref name=stuff2022-01-28>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127610200/auckland-light-rail-goes-for-tunnel-option-with-harbour-crossing
| title      = Auckland light rail goes for tunnel option with harbour crossing
| date        = 2022-01-28
| work        = [[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]
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<ref name=newshub2023-10-20>
{{cite news   
| url        = https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/10/incoming-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-to-scrap-light-rail-auckland-mayor-suggests-cheaper-option.html
| title      = Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to scrap Light Rail, Auckland mayor suggests cheaper option
| access-date = 20 October 2023
| website    = Newshub
| author      = Adam Hollingworth
| date        = 2023-10-20
| archiveurl  =
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<ref name=Stuff2015-01-23>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65317005/Akld-transport-plan-consultation-opens
| title      = Len Brown cool on light rail in Auckland transport plan
| work        = [[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]
| author      = Maria Slade
| date        = 2015-01-23
| page        =
| location    =
| url-status  = live
| archive-date= 2018-05-10
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180510184540/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65317005/Akld-transport-plan-consultation-opens
| accessdate  = 2015-01-28
| quote      = Auckland Transport (AT) says bus routes in the central city and along main roads such as Dominion Road and Manukau Road are at near capacity, and light rail is the most practical solution.
}}
</ref>
<ref name=NzHerald2015-01-23>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11390472
| title      = Light rail returns to the spotlight
| publisher  = [[New Zealand Herald]]
| date        = 2015-01-23
| author      = Mathew Dearnaley
| page        =
| location    =
| url-status  = live
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150122221735/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11390472| accessdate  = 2015-01-28
| quote      = The city's transport authority has revealed it is investigating replacing buses with electric light rail on a handful of busy isthmus routes such as Symonds St, Mt Eden Rd, Dominion Rd and Sandringham Rd - all part of a 72km tram network before their tracks were ripped up in 1956.
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<ref name=NzHerald2015-01-25>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11391753
| title      = From apps to zones: Is this how we get city moving?
| publisher  = [[New Zealand Herald]]
| author      = Wayne Thompson
| date        = 2015-01-25
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| url-status  = live
| accessdate  = 2015-01-27
| quote      = Auckland Transport has also pitched light rail for some highly congested bus routes. Light rail, or trams, on a priority path could shift 18,000 people an hour compared with a bus on a shared path shifting 2500 people and a bus on a priority path's 6000 people an hour.
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<ref name=NextCity2015-01-27>
{{cite news
| url        = http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/beijing-metro-auckland-light-rail-toronto-subway-cost
| title      = Beijing to Add Four More Metro Lines
| publisher  = [[Next City]]
| author      = Sandy Smith
| date        = 2015-01-27
| page        =
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| archive-date= 2015-01-30
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150130085004/http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/beijing-metro-auckland-light-rail-toronto-subway-cost
| accessdate  = 2015-01-27
| quote      =  The transportation agency in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, is taking the first steps toward returning trams to a number of city streets that last saw them in the 1950s.
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<ref name=InternationalRailway2015-01-23>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/australia-nz/auckland-to-launch-light-rail-study.html?channel=541
| title      = Auckland to launch light rail study
| publisher  = [[International Railway Journal]]
| author      = Keith Barrett
| date        = 2015-01-23
| page        =
| location    =
| url-status  = live
| archive-date= 3 February 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203001537/http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/australia-nz/auckland-to-launch-light-rail-study.html?channel=541| accessdate  = 2015-01-27
| quote      = THE board of Auckland Transport has called for studies to be carried out into the construction of a light rail network in New Zealand's largest city.
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<ref name=3News2015-01-24>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/light-rail-gets-thumbs-up-from-opposition-2015012412#axzz3Pl1koi2S
| title      = Light rail gets thumbs up from opposition
| work        = [[TV3 (New Zealand)|3 News]]
| date        = 2015-01-24
| accessdate  = 2015-01-27
| url-status  = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150420100437/http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/light-rail-gets-thumbs-up-from-opposition-2015012412#axzz3Pl1koi2S
| archive-date= 2015-04-20
| author      =
| accessdate  = 2024-01-02
| url-status  = live
| quote      = Auckland Transport says it's investigating whether light rail on Queen St, Symonds St, Sandringham Rd, Dominion Rd, Mt Eden Rd and Manukau Rd is a good alternative to buses. Most of those routes had trams running on them before they were removed in the 1950s.
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{{Cite web
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| title      = Airport to Botany Rapid Transit: Puhinui interchange
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| title      = Election 2023: Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon pays visit to his Botany electorate
| work        = [[New Zealand Herald]]
| author      = Raphael Franks
| date        = 2023-10-19
| location    =
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| archivedate = 2023-10-30
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| url-status  = live
| quote      = He told the media National plans to cancel light rail because it’s a {{'}}white elephant{{'}}.
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{{Cite web
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| title      = Notice of Requirement: Bus Rapid Transit - Botany to Rongomai Park (Auckland Transport)
| url-status  = live
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230315085445/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/auckland-unitary-plan-modifications/Pages/details.aspx?UnitaryPlanId=163
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| title      = Auckland light rail tunnel to run to Mt Roskill before following SH20 to the airport
| work        = [[Radio New Zealand]]
| author      =
| date        = 2022-01-28
| url-status  = live
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| title      = Auckland to get partially tunnelled CBD to airport light rail
| work        = [[1news]]
| author      = Samantha Worthington
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| archive-date = 2022-12-08
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  1. ↑ $14 billion Auckland light rail bid gets green light, decision on second Waitemata Harbour crossing on 2023, Newshub, 2022-01-28.
  2. ↑ Light Rail dies but Light Metro may return, Greater Auckland, 2020-06-24.
  3. ↑ Thomas Coughlan. Government puts light rail 'on hold', stuff, 2020-05-13. Retrieved on 13 May 2020.
  4. ↑ | url = https://www.newsroom.co.nz/1247394/light-metro-not-light-rail | title = 'Light Metro', not 'Light Rail' |website=www.newsroom.co.nz | date = 26 June 2020-06-20 | accessdate = 26 June 2020 | archive-date=28 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628173203/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/1247394/light-metro-not-light-rail |url-status=live }}
  5. ↑ What do we know about the two light rail plans, and is the Super Fund's worth waiting for (2019-10-31). Retrieved on 2019-11-02.
  6. ↑ Twyford's dilemma: housing or a fast trip to the airport?, Newsroom NZ, 24 October 2019-10-24. Retrieved on 2 November 2019-11-02.
  7. ↑ Auckland Light Rail announcement 'soon', 2019-08-01. Retrieved on 2019-08-01.
  8. ↑ Two delivery partners shortlisted for Auckland light rail, International Railway Journal, 2019-08-23. Retrieved on 2019-08-25.
  9. ↑ Southwest Gateway Airport to Botany Rapid Transit.
  10. ↑ Henry Cooke. NZ Super Fund keen to build and operate Auckland's light rail, Stuff, 9 May 2018-05-09. Retrieved on 10 May 2018-05-10.
  11. ↑ Trams could run under Queen St as part of Auckland's $6 billion light rail project, New Zealand Herald, 9 February 2019-02-09. Retrieved on 25 August 2019.
  12. ↑ Michael Neilson. Christopher Luxon’s first Cabinet: Unveils Government’s 100-day plan, pressure to rein in Winston Peters, NZ Herald, 2023-11-29.
  13. ↑ Amy Williams. Auckland Light Rail: New government taking advice after stopping work on project, Radio New Zealand, 2023-11-30.
  14. ↑ Airport to Botany Rapid Transit.
  15. ↑ Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018. Auckland Transport. Retrieved on 2018-05-10.
  16. ↑ Auckland Transport Alignment Project 2018. New Zealand Ministry of Transport / Te Manatu Waka (2018-05-09). Retrieved on 2018-05-10.
  17. ↑ Auckland light rail goes for tunnel option with harbour crossing, Stuff.
  18. ↑ Adam Hollingworth. Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to scrap Light Rail, Auckland mayor suggests cheaper option, 2023-10-20. Retrieved on 2024-01-02.
  19. ↑ Maria Slade. Len Brown cool on light rail in Auckland transport plan, Stuff, 2015-01-23. Retrieved on 2015-01-28. “Auckland Transport (AT) says bus routes in the central city and along main roads such as Dominion Road and Manukau Road are at near capacity, and light rail is the most practical solution.”
  20. ↑ Mathew Dearnaley. Light rail returns to the spotlight, New Zealand Herald, 2015-01-23. Retrieved on 2015-01-28. “The city's transport authority has revealed it is investigating replacing buses with electric light rail on a handful of busy isthmus routes such as Symonds St, Mt Eden Rd, Dominion Rd and Sandringham Rd - all part of a 72km tram network before their tracks were ripped up in 1956.”
  21. ↑ Wayne Thompson. From apps to zones: Is this how we get city moving?, New Zealand Herald, 2015-01-25. Retrieved on 2015-01-27. “Auckland Transport has also pitched light rail for some highly congested bus routes. Light rail, or trams, on a priority path could shift 18,000 people an hour compared with a bus on a shared path shifting 2500 people and a bus on a priority path's 6000 people an hour.”
  22. ↑ Sandy Smith. Beijing to Add Four More Metro Lines, Next City, 2015-01-27. Retrieved on 2015-01-27. “The transportation agency in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, is taking the first steps toward returning trams to a number of city streets that last saw them in the 1950s.”
  23. ↑ Keith Barrett. Auckland to launch light rail study, International Railway Journal, 2015-01-23. Retrieved on 2015-01-27. “THE board of Auckland Transport has called for studies to be carried out into the construction of a light rail network in New Zealand's largest city.”
  24. ↑ Light rail gets thumbs up from opposition, 3 News, 2015-01-24. Retrieved on 2024-01-02. “Auckland Transport says it's investigating whether light rail on Queen St, Symonds St, Sandringham Rd, Dominion Rd, Mt Eden Rd and Manukau Rd is a good alternative to buses. Most of those routes had trams running on them before they were removed in the 1950s.”
  25. ↑ Airport to Botany Rapid Transit: Puhinui interchange. Government of New Zealand. Retrieved on 2024-01-02.
  26. ↑ Raphael Franks. Election 2023: Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon pays visit to his Botany electorate, New Zealand Herald, 2023-10-19. “He told the media National plans to cancel light rail because it’s a 'white elephant'.”
  27. ↑ Notice of Requirement: Bus Rapid Transit - Botany to Rongomai Park (Auckland Transport).
  28. ↑ Auckland light rail tunnel to run to Mt Roskill before following SH20 to the airport, Radio New Zealand, 2022-01-28.
  29. ↑ Samantha Worthington. Auckland to get partially tunnelled CBD to airport light rail, 1news.
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