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PHOTO: DANIEL KALISZ Pukekohe Park has hosted motorsport for almost 50 years.

Two iconic South Auckland sports venues are exploring plans to develop or sell off land to save their futures. The moves raise questions about urban sprawl in semi-rural Pukekohe. Steve Kilgallon reports.

Pukekohe Park – 50km south of the Auckland CBD, home of an iconic motorsport track and a 100-year-old horse-racing circuit – is pursuing a plan to build on some of its outer land.

And right next door, the Franklin Trotting Club – a major training base for trotting horses, jockeys and trainers – is being considered for sale.

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