[6] New train stations for Drury West and Paerata are included in a July 2017 proposal for Auckland infrastructure spending of $600 million to support new housing announced by the government.

They will be built and owned by a new Crown Infrastructure Partners body, as the Auckland Council has reached its borrowing limit.

[9] As part of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme, Jacinda Ardern's government announced $371 million in funding towards the electrification of track from Papakura to Pukekohe, and a separate $247 million towards the construction of two new stations in Drury Central and Drury West.

The iwi involved expressed strong dislike of the decision, saying that the new proposed name is heavily associated with colonisation, and exclusive of Māori ancestral interests in the area.

The Board's recommended name was approved by the Land Information Minister Damien O'Connor in March 2023.