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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What value or score was recorded for each input variable used in the New Zealand Transport Agency's methodology for setting normal funding assistance rates for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, broken down by approved…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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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…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Which approved organisations, if any, received a temporarily enhanced New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rate following Cyclone Gabrielle, broken down by organisation, by the enhanced rate received, and by the rate set…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How many submissions or written responses, if any, did the New Zealand Transport Agency receive from councils and other approved organisations on the proposed normal funding assistance rates for the 2027-30 National Land Transport…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How many requests or representations, if any, have the New Zealand Transport Agency or the Minister received seeking reconsideration of a normal funding assistance rate set for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, broken down by…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What estimate, if any, has been made of the additional cost, if any, falling on councils and other approved organisations, in dollars, as a result of changes to New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rates over the three…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the forecast expenditure from the National Land Transport Fund on local road maintenance, operations and renewals over the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, broken down by approved organisation and by financial year, and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What proportion of each approved organisation's total land transport expenditure was met from the National Land Transport Fund during the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme, broken down by organisation and by financial year?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What estimate, if any, has been made of the increase, if any, in rates a council would need to levy in order to maintain its planned local road maintenance and renewal programme unchanged after its New Zealand Transport Agency normal…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How many councils or other approved organisations, if any, have advised the New Zealand Transport Agency or the Ministry of Transport that they intend to reduce, defer or reprioritise planned road maintenance, renewal or bridge work…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What funding assistance rate for public transport services has the New Zealand Transport Agency set for each regional council and unitary authority, broken down by council and by each of the 2026/27, 2027/28, 2028/29 and 2029/30 financial…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What New Zealand Transport Agency funding assistance rate applies to total mobility services, being the subsidised transport scheme for people unable to use conventional public transport, broken down by approved organisation and by each…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What estimate, if any, has been made of the additional cost falling on regional councils and unitary authorities as a result of changes to New Zealand Transport Agency public transport funding assistance rates over the three years of the…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What New Zealand Transport Agency funding assistance rate applies to emergency works, being repairs to local roads damaged by storms, floods and other events, broken down by approved organisation and by each year of the 2027-30 National…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What amount, if any, has been paid from the National Land Transport Fund towards emergency works on local roads since 1 July 2023, broken down by approved organisation and by financial year?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What methodology did the New Zealand Transport Agency use to set normal funding assistance rates for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, and in what respects, if any, does that methodology differ from the one used to set rates…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What role, if any, did the Minister have in the setting of New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rates for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme, and on what dates, if any, was the Minister consulted or informed…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How many councils, if any, have advised the Minister or the Department of Internal Affairs that the reduction in the share of their land transport costs met by the New Zealand Transport Agency from 2027/28 will affect their ability to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What was the average rates increase set by each council for the 2026/27 financial year, broken down by council, and how does each compare with the level of the proposed cap on rates increases?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What estimate, if any, has the Minister received of the change in the total amount of central government funding transferred to local authorities over the three years from 1 July 2027, across all portfolios and not only transport, broken…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Further to Reply 34451 (2026), how much, if any, has the NZ Transport Agency spent to date on external professional services for the Northland Corridor programme as a whole, broken down by section (Warkworth to Te Hana; Te Hana to Port…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Further to Reply 66207 (2024), are external professional services costs for the corridor now recorded against individual sections; if so, from what date, and if not, what is the total programme-level spend on external professional services…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How much, if any, has the NZ Transport Agency spent on external professional services for the Northland Corridor programme in each financial year from 2023/24 to 2025/26, broken down by financial year and by section?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Are any external advisers engaged on the Northland Corridor programme remunerated on a success-fee, contingent or milestone basis; if so, which advisers, what milestones apply, and what is the total value of such fees paid or payable to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the total value paid or payable to Arup, Tonkin & Taylor and Bureau Veritas, whether individually or through Tūtahi Joint Venture, for services in relation to any section of the Northland Corridor since 27 November 2023, broken…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Which ten external suppliers have been paid the most for consultancy, engineering, legal, financial or advisory services in relation to the Northland Corridor programme since 27 November 2023, and what is the total paid to each?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Which external advisers engaged by the NZ Transport Agency on the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership are also engaged on the Te Hana to Whangārei sections of the Northland Corridor, if any, and what ringfencing arrangements of…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Is the $98 million in external professional services costs recorded in Reply 34451 (2026) included within the $3.649 billion net present value cost of the Warkworth to Te Hana project referred to in Reply 34979 (2026), or is it additional…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the total contract value and term of the independent reviewer contract awarded to Tūtahi Joint Venture for the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership, and is that cost borne by the NZ Transport Agency, the Northway…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Further to Reply 34450 (2026), has the bid cost reimbursement for the two unsuccessful Warkworth to Te Hana bidders now been finalised; if so, what amount was paid to each and on what date, and if not, when is finalisation expected?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How much, if any, did the NZ Transport Agency pay external advisers to prepare the Public Sector Comparator and value-for-money assessment for the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership, and which firms were engaged?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the NZ Transport Agency's forecast annual client-side cost of managing the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement over the 25-year operational period referred to in Reply 34979 (2026), and how much of that cost is expected to be…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Of the $42.8 million in technical services recorded in Reply 34451 (2026), what proportion relates to geotechnical investigation data that has been provided to the Northway consortium, and did the consortium pay any amount for that data or…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How much, if any, has the NZ Transport Agency spent on external professional services for the Alternative to the Brynderwyn Hills, including preparation of the statutory approvals application referred to in Reply 34402 (2026), broken down…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What did the Northland Corridor investment case referred to in Reply 66207 (2024) cost to produce, broken down by NZ Transport Agency internal costs and external professional services, and which firms were engaged?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Further to Reply 34451 (2026), which recorded $27.7 million in legal services and advice for Warkworth to Te Hana, how much, if any, has the NZ Transport Agency spent on external legal services for the Te Hana to Port Marsden Highway and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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Further to Reply 34402 (2026), which advised that no decision has been made on a procurement model for the sections beyond Warkworth to Te Hana, how much, if any, has the NZ Transport Agency spent or committed on external commercial,…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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How much does the NZ Transport Agency expect to spend on external professional services for the Te Hana to Port Marsden Highway and Port Marsden Highway to Whangārei sections in each of 2026/27 and 2027/28, if any, and what proportion of…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What amount, if any, has been spent on iReX-related wind-down activity since the settlement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard was concluded in August 2025, and what did that expenditure relate to?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the total cost to the Crown of the cancellation and wind-down of Project iReX as at 30 June 2026, and does this figure differ from the $671 million reported by KiwiRail in August 2025; if so, why?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What was the total book value of materials, plant and equipment procured for Project iReX that were subsequently sold, scrapped or written off, and what amount, if any, was recovered through their sale?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What land, property, consents or design work, if any, was acquired or commissioned for Project iReX that is not being used in the current Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme, and what was the cost of each?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What has been the Interislander's total fleet maintenance expenditure in each of the 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What amount, if any, of expenditure on Project iReX has been capitalised into the current ferry replacement programme rather than written off, and what does that expenditure consist of?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the forecast Interislander fleet maintenance expenditure for each of the 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29 financial years?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What was the total cost of the fleet life-extension programme recommended following the DNV assessment of the Interislander fleet, and how much of that has been spent to date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What amount, if any, of Interislander maintenance expenditure since December 2023 would not have been required had the vessels ordered under Project iReX been delivered in 2025 and 2026 as originally scheduled?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What advice, if any, has the Minister received on the expected maintenance cost of the Interislander fleet in the event that the delivery of Kupe and Cook is delayed beyond 2029?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What has been the total cost of drydock and layby maintenance undertaken overseas for Interislander vessels since 1 January 2024, broken down by vessel and by location?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What is the annual cost of road-bridging rail freight across Cook Strait following the retirement of the Aratere, and how does this compare with the cost of carrying the same freight on a rail-enabled vessel?