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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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  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 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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  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 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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 are the maximum and minimum New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rates, and the overall National Land Transport Fund co-investment rate, being the average share of local land transport programmes met nationally from…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What normal funding assistance rate has the New Zealand Transport Agency set for each approved organisation, broken down by organisation and by each of the 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27, 2027/28, 2028/29 and 2029/30 financial years?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many approved organisations, if any, will receive a New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rate in 2029/30 that is lower than, higher than, or the same as their 2026/27 rate, broken down by organisation and by the…

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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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  After the February 2026 Gateway review of the Waitematā Harbour Connections Project found a compelling case for the project and assessed successful delivery as feasible, what changed between February 2026 and August 2026 to require an…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister of Finance stand by her statement that construction jobs depend on the pipeline of transport infrastructure funded by fuel taxes, and how many jobs, if any, are estimated to be affected by the Government's own decision to…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister of Finance stand by her statement of 27 August 2026 that the decision not to increase fuel tax merely needed to be formalised, and had Cabinet made that decision at the time the statement was made?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Was Cabinet's decision on the January 2027 fuel excise duty increase made before or after the Minister of Finance stated publicly on 27 August 2026 that the Government would not be increasing fuel tax on 1 January next year?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many Gate 5 or benefits realisation reviews of NZTA investments have been conducted since 1 January 2024; and if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which of the recommendations of the May 2026 Gate 3 review of the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP had been implemented before the project reached financial close on 30 July 2026, and how many, if any, remained outstanding at that date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Was the April 2025 Gateway review of the Ōtaki to North Levin project provided to the NZTA Board before its decision to allocate an additional $427 million to the project; and if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  To what extent, if at all, did the finding of the February 2026 Gateway review of the Waitematā Harbour Connections Project that fit-for-purpose governance needed to be established for the next phase inform Cabinet's decision, announced on…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  For each of the 14 high-risk investment assurance reviews held by the NZ Transport Agency covering the period 1 January 2024 to 27 August 2026, what delivery confidence assessment rating was assigned, listed by report title and date; and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has the Minister of Transport received on the interaction between the new fuel excise duty increase schedule and the planned transition of light vehicles to road user charges, and what is the assumed date of that…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How does the Government intend to fund the land transport programme in the period between 1 January 2027 and the first increase of fuel excise under the new schedule on 1 January 2028, and what decisions, if any, have been made on that…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has the Prime Minister received on whether public statements by Ministers about decisions not yet taken by Cabinet are consistent with the Cabinet Manual, and what are the titles and dates of any such advice?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Deputy Prime Minister stand by his reported statement of 28 August 2026 that Government decisions are best announced after Cabinet has made them, and does he consider that standard was met in relation to fuel excise duty?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Deputy Prime Minister stand by his reported statement in April 2026 that he did not wish to stop the scheduled fuel tax increases, and does he consider the 31 August 2026 decision to be consistent with that position?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Is the fuel excise decision announced on 31 August 2026 given effect to under any specific commitment in either coalition agreement; if so, which clause or clauses?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Did any Minister record a differing view, dissent, or reservation in relation to the fuel excise decision announced on 31 August 2026; if so, how many Ministers did so?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What consultation with coalition partners, if any, was undertaken under the consultation provisions of the coalition agreements before the fuel excise announcement of 31 August 2026, and on what dates did that consultation occur?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  On how many occasions, if any, have the agree-to-disagree provisions of the coalition agreements been invoked since 27 November 2023, and in relation to which decisions?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Were the agree-to-disagree provisions of either the National–ACT or National–New Zealand First coalition agreement invoked in relation to the fuel excise decision announced on 31 August 2026; if so, by which party and on what date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What estimates, if any, have been provided to Ministers of the number of construction sector jobs affected by each of the funding options considered for meeting the foregone revenue from fuel excise announced on 31 August 2026?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What analysis, if any, of recent uncertainty in the Middle East and its effect on domestic fuel prices was provided to Ministers, and by which agency, in support of the reasoning given for the fuel excise decision on 31 August 2026?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What analysis, if any, was undertaken of the effect of the January 2027 increase of fuel excise on average household fuel costs, and what was the estimated annual cost per household?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, did officials provide on the annual increase required to maintain the real value of fuel excise duty, and does the new schedule meet, exceed, or fall short of that figure?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What reports, if any, has the Minister of Transport received since 1 January 2026 recommending a fuel excise duty increase greater than the 12 cents per litre scheduled for January 2027, and what increase was recommended in each case?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister of Transport stand by his statement of 31 August 2026 that unless fuel excise increases begin again soon the financial foundations of the land transport system will be undermined, and how, if at all, is that statement…