Qatar is spending more than NZ$680m a week on infrastructure to ready the Arab country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The total spend will reach an estimated NZ$273b (US$200b), which includes airports, roads, rail, hospitals and football stadiums.
12 stadiums were originally set to host matches for the 2022 event, nine of which needing to be built, including the 86,000 capacity Lusail Iconic Stadium which will host the opening game and the final. It is expected the number of stadiums to be reduced to nine but to budget cuts.
Despite that Qatar's finance minister Ali Shareef Al-Emadi told journalists spending will be at around NZ$680m a week for the next three to four years.
"We are spending close to US$500m (NZ$684m) per week on capital projects," he told journalists.