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How much additional funding will be required in later budgets to reverse “managed decline” on regional lines, if any, and has this future liability been provisioned for in current fiscal forecasts?

Answered Question 6153 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • How much additional funding will be required in later budgets to reverse “managed decline” on regional lines, if any, and has this future liability been provisioned for in current fiscal forecasts?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

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It is impossible to make assessments based on an unattributed quote that has no bearing on our record-level rail network investments.