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Auckland's prospects of bidding to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games have come under threat from the Government's cost-cutting.
Minister for Economic Development Gerry Brownlee has withdrawn $500,000 earmarked by the previous Government for a study into whether Auckland could stage the event in nine years.
In a letter to the New Zealand Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Economic Development's industry and regional development deputy secretary, Mark Steel, said the money promised by Labour had been conditional on city councils agreeing to put in money.
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