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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for the Queenstown Package, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to date;…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH75 Halswell Road improvements, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH1 Rolleston Access improvements Package 1 (roundabout), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH1 Rolleston Access improvements Package 2 (flyover), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH76 Brougham Street improvements Package 1 (bridge), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH76 Brougham Street improvements Package 2 (corridor), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for the Second Ashburton Bridge, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Northwest Busway – Te Ara Hauāuru Stage 1A, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for the Waikare Gorge realignment, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility (LNIRIM), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Eastern Busway Stage 4 (excluding Botany Station), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Auckland Level Crossings Removal – Takaanini, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Airport to Botany Busway Stage 2, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH1 Belfast to Pegasus Motorway and Woodend Bypass, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Mill Road Stage 1, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to date; (d)…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Takitimu North Link Stage 2A, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH6 Hope Bypass Stage 1, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH1 Wellington Improvements, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Northland Corridor – Alternative to Brynderwyn Hills, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH29 Tauriko (wider scope), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Hamilton Southern Links, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Takitimu North Link Stage 2B, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH16 North-West Alternative Highway, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Northwest Busway – Te Ara Hauāuru Stage 1B and 2, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Northwest Busway – Te Ara Hauāuru Stage 3, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Northland Corridor – Te Hana to Whangārei (excluding Alternative to Brynderwyn Hills), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for the East-West Link, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to date; (d)…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Mill Road – Alfriston to Drury (previously Stages 2 and 3), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Petone to Grenada, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to date; (d)…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for SH6 Hope Bypass Stage 2, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Auckland Level Crossings Removal (including Western Line), of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for Airport to Botany Busway Stage 3 and 4, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the status, for the Cross Valley Link, of (a) any notice of requirement or designation and its lapse date; (b) any resource consent or Fast-track approval and its lapse date; (c) total property acquired and property spend to date;…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What further modelling work, if any, is being undertaken by Hawke's Bay Regional Council on the technical issue affecting the Wairoa flood resilience project?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What options are being considered to mitigate the delay to the Wairoa flood resilience project caused by the technical issue recently identified with that project, and when will an update on those options be provided?

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  Is there a risk that the Wairoa flood resilience project cannot be completed within a single construction season as a result of the technical issue recently identified with the project, and what would the consequences be for the Wairoa…

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  What is the current forecast completion date for the Wairoa flood resilience project, and how does that compare with the completion date in the original project delivery plan?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the technical issue affecting the design process for the Wairoa flood resilience project that was identified in the March 2026 quarterly recovery progress update on the 2023 North Island Weather Events?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Will the water-related debt allocation and valuation methodology used by Wellington metropolitan councils be made public once the Commerce Commission holds the transfer agreement details required under the information disclosure…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Did the Department of Internal Affairs raise any concern with Wellington metropolitan councils about the higher consumer water charges resulting from their choice to allocate water-related debt on the basis of asset value including…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  After the Department of Internal Affairs' assessment that the Wellington metropolitan councils' allocation methodology for water-related debt results in relatively high charges to consumers, what, if anthying, is the Government doing to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the Department of Internal Affairs' estimate of the difference in the level of water-related debt transferred, and in the resulting charges to consumers, arising from the asset-value methodology used by Wellington metropolitan…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Did Wellington metropolitan councils allocate water-related debt to the water entity Tiaki Wai on the basis of asset value including revaluation, while other councils allocated water-related debt on the basis of share of capital investment…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister of Local Government have full confidence in the process the Department of Internal Affairs used to assess councils' water services delivery plans, and on what basis?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Following the Department of Internal Affairs providing its aide-memoire on the water services delivery plan review and assessment process, did the Minister of Finance or the Minister for Infrastructure raise any concerns about that…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Was the assessment or acceptance of any particular council's water services delivery plan raised by any Minister at, or following, the Infrastructure and Investment Ministers Group meeting of 13 May 2026; if so, which council and what was…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What specific questions did the Minister of Finance ask about the Department of Internal Affairs' process for assessing councils' water services delivery plans?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What prompted the Minister of Finance to request advice, following the Infrastructure and Investment Ministers Group meeting of 13 May 2026, on how the Department of Internal Affairs assessed councils' water services delivery plans under…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister of Local Government consider that acceptance of a water services delivery plan by the Secretary for Local Government confirms that the plan is financially sustainable, as the acceptance letter in almost all cases included…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Will the Minister of Local Government release the financial and technical assessment report and the Secretary for Local Government's acceptance letter for each council's water services delivery plan?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Of the water services delivery plans accepted by the Secretary for Local Government, how many included items to be monitored during implementation, and how many were accepted without any such items?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  For each council whose water services delivery plan was not accepted by the Secretary for Local Government, on what grounds was the plan not accepted, and has each of those councils since had an amended plan accepted?

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  Which councils had their water services delivery plans not accepted by the Secretary for Local Government under the Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024 and were required to resubmit amended plans?