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National doesn't have any plans to U-turn building a second Mount Victoria Tunnel, despite the Greens winning two central Wellington seats.

Over the weekend Julie Anne Genter won Rongotai and Tamatha Paul snatched Wellington Central, two previous Labour strongholds.

The Greens have campaigned against building a second Mount Victoria Tunnel, and instead wanted to prioritise light rail.

But National's Infrastructure Spokesperson Chris Bishop, who also won the Hutt Valley seat over the weekend, reaffirmed their priorities with Nick Mills on Wellington Mornings. 

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Every week New Zealand Herald Wellington Issues Reporter Georgina Campbell joins Nick Mills for A Capital Letter.

This week she discusses how two additional tunnels could be built through Mt Victoria in Wellington, a couple saving $300,000 on their first home and hotels in the capital hitting capacity. 

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