Does he consider that regulatory barriers identified by Transporting New Zealand in its 24 March 2026 letter to NZ Transport Agency, including weight limits, over-dimension route restrictions, and EV licence-class thresholds, are examples of regulations that should have been reformed as part of the Government's broader regulatory reduction programme before a fuel crisis made them urgent?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Does he consider that regulatory barriers identified by Transporting New Zealand in its 24 March 2026 letter to NZ Transport Agency, including weight limits, over-dimension route restrictions, and EV licence-class thresholds, are examples of regulations that should have been reformed as part of the Government's broader regulatory reduction programme before a fuel crisis made them urgent?