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Why were a Gate 0 Strategic Assessment review and a Gate 3 Investment Decision review of the Ōtaki to North Levin project conducted as a single combined review on 10 April 2025, rather than sequentially?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • Why were a Gate 0 Strategic Assessment review and a Gate 3 Investment Decision review of the Ōtaki to North Levin project conducted as a single combined review on 10 April 2025, rather than sequentially?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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Gateway reviews are undertaken at specific milestones of the investment lifecycle and the type of gate reflects this. Reviews may not always proceed on a sequential basis. I am advised that, in this instance, the project was seeking an investment decision (Gate 3) and this review was combined with a Gate 0 to review the ongoing strategic alignment of the investment.