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What estimate, if any, has the Minister received directly from a council of the dollar cost to that council of its New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rate for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, compared with the rate it currently receives, broken down by council and by the figure provided?

Answered Question 39732 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What estimate, if any, has the Minister received directly from a council of the dollar cost to that council of its New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rate for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, compared with the rate it currently receives, broken down by council and by the figure provided?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I have not received such estimates. Funding Assistance Rates for Approved Organisations are determined by the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Board in the exercise of its statutory functions, rather than by me.