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How much funding, if any, was returned to the Crown through the Return of Tagged Contingency – COVID-19: Infrastructure Cost Overruns and Reprioritisation saving in Budget 2026, which closes the Infrastructure Reference Group Shovel Ready programme, and which Shovel Ready projects, if any, remain incomplete or have not delivered their intended scope?

Answered Question 24306 (2026)
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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How much funding, if any, was returned to the Crown through the Return of Tagged Contingency – COVID-19: Infrastructure Cost Overruns and Reprioritisation saving in Budget 2026, which closes the Infrastructure Reference Group Shovel Ready programme, and which Shovel Ready projects, if any, remain incomplete or have not delivered their intended scope?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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For the returned funding, I refer the Member to page 10 of the Summary of Initiatives, which can be found here: https://budget.govt.nz/budget/pdfs/summary-initiatives/b26-sum-initiatives.pdf. For the Shovel Ready projects, I refer the Member to the attachment.

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