Deadline to toll new Manawatu and Hawke's Bay highway looming

A lower North Island district council is not giving up its fight against a proposal to toll a new highway linking Manawatu and Hawke's Bay, as a key deadline looms. The Tararua District Council is continuing its "stop the toll" campaign, ahead of a New Zealand Transport Agency Board meeting tomorrow, at which it will make a recommendation about tolling the new road. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham spoke to Lisa Owen.