The leaders of one of the Government's flagship projects are under fire for spending millions of dollars on a building weeks out from an election that could see it scrapped. 

Auckland Light Rail has signed off on a $33-million contract to buy the Kiwi Bacon Building on New North Road in Kingsland. 

That's despite National vowing to scrap the $14.6-billion project if it's elected next month. 

Mark Thomas —the director of the Committee for Auckland think tank— told Mike Hosking that the land purchase is strange, given the uncertainty surrounding the project. 

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