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Does he agree with Transporting New Zealand CEO Dom Kalasih's assessment that "we shouldn't be waiting for things to get bad before we actually do things that make sense"; if not, why not?

Answered Question 17991 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • Does he agree with Transporting New Zealand CEO Dom Kalasih's assessment that "we shouldn't be waiting for things to get bad before we actually do things that make sense"; if not, why not?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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As I have stated publicly, we are looking at sensible changes that can be made to lift productivity. However, we need to carefully balance this with safety and network impacts. We have a lot of work underway to make sure any changes we implement actually make sense.