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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which prioritisation tables, rankings, or lists prepared for the Minister of Transport ahead of the July 2026 Major Transport Projects Pipeline, if any, were previously withheld or redacted in Official Information Act or proactive…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, did the Minister of Transport receive from officials on prioritising transport capital investment in the period leading up to the release of the July 2026 Major Transport Projects Pipeline?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many Roads of National Significance are in each of Phase One, Phase Two, and Phase Three of the July 2026 Major Transport Projects Pipeline?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which Roads of National Significance in the July 2026 Major Transport Projects Pipeline, if any, were placed in a later phase than their benefit-cost ratio alone would indicate, and for what reason?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What weighting, if any, was given to benefit-cost ratios when assigning Roads of National Significance to each phase of the July 2026 Major Transport Projects Pipeline?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What specific criteria did NZTA use to assign each Road of National Significance to Phase One, Phase Two, or Phase Three in the July 2026 Major Transport Projects Pipeline?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27647 (2026), does the Government dispute that specific figure, and if so, what is its own estimate?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What are the principal risks currently identified to delivering the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme on time and on budget, if any, and what advice has the Minister received on the likelihood of the end-of-2029 in-service date being…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the latest programmed delivery and in-service date for each of the two new Cook Strait ferries?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister for Rail accept reporting that the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme is already materially over its approved budget, and what is the current variance against the budget allocated by Cabinet?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the current total estimated cost of the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme, broken down by ships, Picton infrastructure, Wellington infrastructure, and programme management and contingency?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Will the Minister for Rail make public the Interim Development Agreements reached with Port Marlborough and CentrePort for the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme, and if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Have construction contracts been signed for the port-side infrastructure at Picton and Wellington required to berth the two new Cook Strait ferries, and if not, when are they expected to be signed?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Has "Final Approval to Deliver" for the Cook Strait ferry replacement programme been granted, and if not, when is it expected and can construction of the vessels proceed before it is granted?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What refund or refund-guarantee arrangements apply under the Cook Strait ferry shipbuilding contract if it is terminated before or during construction of the vessels, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What payments have been made to Guangzhou Shipyard International under the Cook Strait ferry shipbuilding contract to date, and what is the milestone payment schedule for the remainder of the contract?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the programmed construction-start date for each of the two new Cook Strait ferries at Guangzhou Shipyard International?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the shipbuilding contract signed in November 2025 between Ferry Holdings Limited and Guangzhou Shipyard International contain any conditions precedent that must be satisfied before construction of the vessels can begin, and if so,…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Has Ferry Holdings Limited issued a formal notice to proceed, or equivalent instruction, authorising Guangzhou Shipyard International to begin building the two new Cook Strait ferries, and if so, on what date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Has physical construction of either of the two new Cook Strait ferries commenced at Guangzhou Shipyard International, and if so, on what date did steel-cutting or keel-laying begin for each vessel?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27653 (2026), how does increasing the Crown's capital contribution to take advantage of its "lower cost of capital" reconcile with the reply's stated aim of "retaining sufficient transfer of risk from the Crown to the PPP…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27647 (2026), if the estimates are "subject to ongoing work," when will that work conclude and will the Government publish its own projection of the project's share of Crown infrastructure spending to 2050?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27653 (2026), on what basis does the Minister consider affordability "a completely separate question" from the level of Crown capital required to make private bids financeable?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27653 (2026), what was the quantum of the Capital Crown Contribution, and what proportion of the project's total capital did it represent?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27653 (2026), can the Minister confirm whether any bidder was unable to raise full private financing without the Capital Crown Contribution that the reply says "reduced the amount of private debt required by each bidder"?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 27653 (2026), what specifically was the "debt market capacity" constraint that prevented three consortia from each fully financing a bid for the Warkworth to Te Hana project?