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What is KiwiRail’s current maintenance backlog (in dollar value and kilometres of track), and how much larger that backlog is forecast to become by 2029 with KiwiRail's budget cuts of $200 million?

Answered Question 6262 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What is KiwiRail’s current maintenance backlog (in dollar value and kilometres of track), and how much larger that backlog is forecast to become by 2029 with KiwiRail's budget cuts of $200 million?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

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KiwiRail advises it has no maintenance backlog. The company is delivering its Rail Network Investment Programme as it recommended and is operating a safe rail service on those assets.