Original sentence: Mr Maister went on to state that a decision would be taken by January 2010 of whether to proceed with a bid.NOC Secretary General Barry Maister announced the funding of a study to determine whether Auckland will bid on the 2018 games.On July 2nd 2008
Edited sentence: A final statement for the New Zealand Commonwealth Games Committee would come in January 2010 with an answer to whether or not New Zealand will continue bidding.On July 2 2009, The New Zealand Commonwealth Games Committee stated that Wellington would be the most suitable New Zealand city to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.They also stated if chosen, the Westpac Stadium would become the main stadium arena and the surrounding industrial park would become the games village.Wellington, New Zealand