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Finance Minister Grant Robertson has signalled that property owners benefiting from the building of the Auckland rail links could be subject to a special "value capture" tax. Speaking at the Auckland Chamber of Commerce/Massey University annual finance lunch at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, Robertson said the Government was investigating "innovative" ways to bridge the funding gap to pay for the rail and roading infrastructure the country needs, especially in Auckland. "Between the balance sheets of the Auckland Council and the Government, we still don't have enough," Robertson said. "Minister Phil Twyford and I are actively looking at opportunities for how to do that." - www.stuff.co.nz