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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 effect of the 31 August 2026 fuel excise decision on local road maintenance and renewals co-funding for territorial authorities?

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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 effect of the 31 August 2026 fuel excise decision on the delivery timeframes of Roads of National Significance?

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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 effect of the 31 August 2026 fuel excise decision on the funding available for rail through the National Land Transport Fund, and what reduction, if any, is forecast?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which specific transport projects, if any, will be deferred, descoped, or cancelled as a result of the 31 August 2026 decision on fuel excise, and on what date will affected councils and delivery partners be advised?

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  Which activity classes in the Government Policy Statement on land transport will receive reduced funding, if any, as a result of the 31 August 2026 decision, and by what amount in each case?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the total value of Crown loans and Crown grants made to the National Land Transport Fund since 27 November 2023, and what repayment terms, if any, apply to each loan?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the forecast closing balance of the National Land Transport Fund in each year of the forecast period, taking account of the 31 August 2026 decision?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What amount, if any, from the $450 million fuel response contingency established in Budget 2026 has been, or is proposed to be, allocated to the National Land Transport Fund or to offsetting foregone fuel excise duty revenue?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How will the revenue foregone as a result of cancelling the January 2027 fuel excise increase be met, and what proportion, if any, will be met by Crown grant, by Crown loan, by borrowing against the National Land Transport Fund, or by…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the net fiscal impact, across the forecast period, of the new fuel excise increase schedule compared with the previously scheduled increases, and does that impact represent a net loss or gain to the Crown and the National Land…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the forecast reduction, if any, in National Land Transport Fund revenue in each financial year from 2026/27 to 2030/31 as a result of cancelling the January 2027 increase?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, has the Government taken to bind or commit a future government to the increases to fuel excise scheduled from 1 January 2028 onwards?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What legislation, Orders in Council or other instruments, if any, are required to give effect to the new schedule of fuel excise increases from 1 January 2028, and on what date will each be introduced or made?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which elements of the new fuel excise increase schedule, if any, will be given legal effect before dissolution of Parliament, and which, if any, will require action by the next Government?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the cumulative cents per litre increase in fuel excise duty by 1 January 2030 under the new schedule, and how does that compare with the cumulative increase that would have applied under the previously scheduled increases of 12…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Will road user charges increase by amounts equivalent to each scheduled fuel excise duty increase under the new schedule; if so, what are the rate changes by vehicle type and on what dates will they apply?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  On what specific dates will each of the fuel excise duty increases under the new schedule take effect, and what is the cents per litre increase applying on each of those dates?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What would the consequences have been, if any, for Treasury's Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update forecasts had no decision on fuel excise duty been made by 31 August 2026?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Will the fiscal effect of the 31 August 2026 decision, and of the replacement increase schedule, be fully incorporated in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update to be published on 29 September 2026; if not, which elements will be…

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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 that a decision on the January 2027 fuel excise duty increase was required by 31 August 2026, from which agency, and on what date was that advice received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What are the titles, authors and dates of all Cabinet papers submitted since 1 January 2026 relating to fuel excise duty rates, road user charge rates, or National Land Transport Fund revenue, and on what date, if any, will each be…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  On what date, if any, will the Cabinet minute recording the 31 August 2026 decision on fuel excise duty be proactively released, and what redactions, if any, are proposed?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which Cabinet committees, if any, considered papers relating to fuel excise duty or road user charge rates between 1 January 2026 and 31 August 2026, and on what dates did each consider them?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  On what date, if any, did Cabinet formally decide to cancel the 12 cents per litre fuel excise duty increase scheduled for 1 January 2027, and by what mechanism (Cabinet, Cabinet committee, or Power to Act) was that decision made?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the May 2026 Gateway 3 review of the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP record, if anything, about the Crown Capital Contribution agreed by Cabinet in August 2025 and its effect on the transfer of risk from the Crown to the PPP consortium?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the Gateway 3 Investment Decision review of the Northland Corridor Section 1: Warkworth to Te Hana PPP, conducted between 4 and 8 May 2026, record about the value for money of the project following the reduction of the bidder…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Had the business case documentation identified as requiring further development by the January 2025 Gateway review of the Fleetwide Road User Charges programme been completed before Cabinet's decisions on transitioning the light vehicle…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many of the recommendations made by the October 2024 Gateway review of the National Ticketing Solution had been implemented by the time the programme's Christchurch pilot commenced in December 2024, and how many, if any, remained…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What relationship, if any, is there between the Gateway Review Report for the National Ticketing Solution dated 11 October 2024 and the separate independent review of the programme commissioned in May 2025 and reported in September 2025;…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many high-risk investment assurance reviews of the National Ticketing Solution programme have been conducted since 11 October 2024, and if none, why has no further Gateway review been undertaken?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How does the assessment in the October 2024 Gateway review of the National Ticketing Solution reconcile with NZTA's advice provided to the Minister of Transport in early 2025 that the programme was on target to be completed on time and…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which of the improvements identified by the February 2026 Gateway review of the Waitematā Harbour Connections Project have been fully completed, which have been partially progressed, and which, if any, remain outstanding, given NZTA's…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many of the 14 high-risk investment assurance reviews held by NZTA covering the period 1 January 2024 to 27 August 2026 were provided to the Minister of Transport, and how many, if any, were not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many recommendations in total were made across the 14 high-risk investment assurance reviews held by NZTA covering the period 1 January 2024 to 27 August 2026, how many have been accepted, and how many have been implemented in full?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does the practice of combining two Gateway review gates into a single review reduce the level of independent assurance applied to an investment; if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Why were the Northland Corridor review of 13 February 2025, the Fleetwide Road User Charges review of 31 January 2025, the Ōtaki to North Levin review of 10 April 2025 and the Waitematā Harbour Connections review of 20 February 2026 each…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many high-risk investment assurance reviews, if any, have been conducted since 1 January 2024 in relation to each of the following NZTA projects: Mt Messenger Bypass, Takitimu North Link, Penlink, Hamilton Southern Links, SH29 Tauriko…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  For how many of the 17 Roads of National Significance has a Risk Profile Assessment been completed, and for how many, if any, has no Risk Profile Assessment yet been undertaken?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many NZTA investments currently hold a moderated Risk Profile Assessment rating of high, and how many of those, if any, have not yet had a Gateway review?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the November 2025 Targeted Investment Review of the Melling Interchange Project identify as the deficiencies in coordination and decision-making across partner organisations, and which organisations were involved?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the September 2025 Gateway review of Papakura to Drury identify as the respects in which the programme had evolved since the original business case was prepared, and has that business case since been updated?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the May 2026 Gate 3 review of the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP mean by finding that the procurement process maintained "commercial tension for as long as possible", and at what point in the procurement did the review team consider…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the April 2025 Gateway review of the Ōtaki to North Levin project record about the state of the project's scope and funding arrangements at the point of investment decision, and what was the project's estimated cost at the time of…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Why were a Gate 0 Strategic Assessment review and a Gate 3 Investment Decision review of the Ōtaki to North Levin project conducted as a single combined review on 10 April 2025, rather than sequentially?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What consideration, if any, was given to the findings of the March 2024 and August 2024 assurance reviews of the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū-Tararua Highway Project in the development of the proposal to toll that highway, publicly consulted…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Was the Minister of Transport advised, at any point between March 2024 and September 2024, that the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū-Tararua Highway Project was subject to an assurance action plan; and if so, on what dates?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Given that the Assurance of Action Plan review of the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū-Tararua Highway Project dated 7 August 2024 is stated to have "increased the project's delivery confidence", what was the project's delivery confidence rating…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What findings of the Gateway Review Report on the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū-Tararua Highway Project dated 14 March 2024 gave rise to the requirement for an Assurance of Action Plan review of the same project on 7 August 2024?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many high-risk investment assurance reviews of the Fleetwide Road User Charges programme have been conducted since 31 January 2025, and if none, at what point is the next such review scheduled?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What did the January 2025 Gateway review of the Fleetwide Road User Charges programme identify as risks or gaps in relation to funding of the programme, and how much has been appropriated or budgeted to date for delivery of the fleetwide…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What "key planning and business case documentation" did the Gateway Review Report on Fleetwide Road User Charges dated 31 January 2025 find required further development, and on what date was each of those documents subsequently completed?