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What is the estimated total cost of demolishing redundant infrastructure and relocating services at Wellington and Picton to enable main works, and was that cost included in the November 2025 published estimates?

Answered Question 33718 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What is the estimated total cost of demolishing redundant infrastructure and relocating services at Wellington and Picton to enable main works, and was that cost included in the November 2025 published estimates?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

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This is not information held by shareholding Ministers, but all demolition works that fall to Ferry Holdings fit within the $1.704 billion appropriation limit announced in November 2025.