7 September 2021
| Timestamp | Visual information | Audio information |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00:00 | [Text] Waikato Expressway: Investing in New Zealand | [Light music plays] |
| 0:00:09 | Arial footage of the Hamilton section of the new four-lane expressway with forested hills on either side | [Narrator] The four-lane, 102 kilometre Waikato Expressway will be completed in 2022. |
| 0:00:15 | Aerial footage of a bridge section spanning over a river | It’ll improve safety and reduce travel times between Auckland and Tīrau by up to 35 minutes. |
| 0:00:22 | Traffic in Cambridge town centre | It’ll also reduce congestion for people in communities like Huntly, Ngāruawāhia and Cambridge. |
| 0:00:28 | Trucks driving down a completed section of the new expressway | And support the economy by making it faster and easier to move goods between Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. |
| 0:00:36 | Footage Kingi Tuheitia cutting the ribbon opening a section of the road with former Transport Minister Phil Twyford. | Working with Waikato Tainui has been an important part of this project. |
| 0:00:40 | The Tangata Whenua Working Group has been the voice for Māori on the project, | |
| 0:00:44 | and has contributed to the preservation of native species, plants and sites of significance along the new route. | |
| 0:00:55 | [Text] Jocelyn Berryman Huntly section Tangata Whenua Working Group |
[Jocelyn Berryman] Waikato Tainui has been involved in discussions about the |
| 0:00:58 | Still of Tangata Whenua Working Group at the expressway site before construction started | new road near Huntly since the mid-1990s. |
| 0:01:01 | Our interests in any project are always around the whenua (land), the wai (water), and the people. | |
| 0:01:06 | Panoramic view overlooking green hills before construction on the expressway started | The creation of a Tangata Whenua Working Group in 2011 provided the structure |
| 0:01:11 | Group of people at a marae | for Waikato Tainui and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to move forward. |
| 0:01:16 | People riding bikes | It gave our people and marae a voice in the project. |
| 0:01:20 | [Text] Over the next three years, $1.5 billion will be invested to make it safer and easier to move around the Waikato region. | [Light music plays] |
| 0:01:27 | Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and New Zealand Government logos |
Waikato Expressway project
2021–24 NLTP Waikato regional summary
