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New Zealand has scrapped a project to build an airport in Tokelau after sinking NZD$3 million into the design phase.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told RNZ Pacific that the Government of Tokelau have been advised of their decision.
Tokelau is completely inaccessible by plane, with visitors and its roughly 2600 residents required to travel via boat from Samoa.
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