Brown Sounds Alarm on $1.3bn Ticketing Boondoggle, And He’s Right

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has responded to reports that Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is raising concerns about the Government’s $1.3 billion National Ticketing System(NTS).

Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said:

“The NTS is shaping up to be yet another taxpayer-funded boondoggle driven by Wellington wishful thinking rather than real-world delivery discipline.”

“It was sold as a simple nationwide solution to replace a patchwork of local ticketing systems. Instead, the NTS has ballooned into a billion-dollar project with unclear delivery timelines and very little public accountability.”

“If even the mayor behind Auckland’s record-breaking rates hikes thinks this thing is a dud, you know it’s gone completely off the rails.”

“But even a broken clock is right twice a day and this time, Brown is bang on.”