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Further to Replies 13158, 17205, and 17207 (2026), will the Minister identify the individual or individuals within NZTA who made the decision to omit the February 2025 detection from the November 2025 media statement; and if not, why not? and 1 other question

Answered 18717, 18720 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Questions

  • 18717

    Further to Replies 13158, 17205, and 17207 (2026), will the Minister identify the individual or individuals within NZTA who made the decision to omit the February 2025 detection from the November 2025 media statement; and if not, why not?

  • 18720

    Further to Reply 17205 (2026), which individual or individuals within NZTA, identified by position title, made the decision not to reference the February 2025 detection of potential fraud in the November 2025 media statement?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

NZTA advised me that there was no decision to deliberately omit information. Rather, the February 2025 date was not included because, at that time, the matters identified had not been substantiated as fraud and NZTA considered it inappropriate to reference unconfirmed issues in public statements.