Aucklanders are being offered the choice of driving, catching a bus, modern trams and going by train to the city's airport by the political parties at the elections.
New Zealand First is the latest party to comment on public transport to the airport, with leader Winston Peters saying it is committed to a conventional rail line along the Puhinui route.
A new rail line could be built from Puhinui station on mostly undeveloped countryside to connect with the airport, Peters said in the letter to the Herald today.
We are committed to having heavy rail from the central city to the airport along the Puhinui route
He said cities overseas have heavy rail connections between their airports, city centres and rail networks, saying New Zealand First does not accept that the cost of heavy rail to the airport had increased from $600 million 10 years to more than $2 billion, as claimed by Auckland Transport.