The Provincial Growth Fund is bankrolling a horse-racing track in Christchurch to the tune of $10.5 million despite officials saying the project is ineligible because it is in a city not a province.
The track is one of two new synthetic, all weather horse racing tracks, championed by New Zealand First, which have got more than $20 million in PGF funding.
But documents obtained by RNZ show officials said the projects did not meet the PGF's criteria and they had doubts about whether they would create permanent jobs.
Investigative Journalist Guyon Espiner has the story.
