Written questions

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the maximum amount payable by the Crown on early termination of the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement in the event of contractor default, voluntary Crown termination, and force majeure respectively?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the total value of contingent liabilities arising from the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement, if any, and how will those liabilities be recorded in the Financial Statements of the Government?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• From which appropriation or fund will Unitary Charge payments for Warkworth to Te Hana be met, and what percentage of forecast National Land Transport Fund expenditure will those payments represent in each year of the operating period?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What indexation applies to the Unitary Charge payments for Warkworth to Te Hana, if any, and what, if anything, is the Crown's exposure if inflation exceeds the assumptions used at financial close?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the forecast Unitary Charge payable for Warkworth to Te Hana in each year of the 25-year operating period, in both nominal and real terms?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What mechanisms, if any, allow the Crown Capital Contribution for Warkworth to Te Hana to be recovered if the project is not completed or if construction defects are later identified?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• How will NZTA repay the $1.6 billion Crown loan for the Warkworth to Te Hana Crown Capital Contribution, and from which revenue sources?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the interest rate, term and repayment schedule of the $1.6 billion 10-year Crown loan to NZTA financing the Crown Capital Contribution for Warkworth to Te Hana, and what is the total interest payable over that term?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What intellectual property has NZTA retained from unsuccessful Warkworth to Te Hana bidders, and how, if at all, will that intellectual property be used on later sections of the Northland Corridor?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What weightings were applied to price, quality and risk in evaluating Warkworth to Te Hana proposals, and what score did each shortlisted consortium receive against each criterion?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What were the prices submitted at final tender by each of the three shortlisted consortia for Warkworth to Te Hana, and what was the range between the highest and lowest?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• How much, if any, was paid in bid cost reimbursement in relation to Warkworth to Te Hana, and what amount was paid to each of the three shortlisted consortia?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• How much has NZTA spent to date on the development and procurement of the Warkworth to Te Hana project, broken down by internal costs and external legal, financial, technical and probity advisers, if any?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What provisions, if any, does the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement contain for sharing refinancing gains, and for Crown consent to any change of control or sale of equity by consortium members?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What conditions were required to be satisfied for financial close of the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership on 30 July 2026, and on what date was each satisfied?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• When will the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement and its schedules be published, if at all, and which provisions, if any, will be withheld and under which grounds of the Official Information Act 1982?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What, if anything, is the projected equity internal rate of return and the weighted average cost of capital for the Northway consortium under the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Which lenders, if any, are providing senior debt for the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership, what is the debt-to-equity ratio at financial close, and what proportion of that debt is sourced offshore, if any?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the equity shareholding of each Northway consortium participant, being Acciona Concesiones SL, Global Sustainable Infrastructure GP IV Ltd, Acciona Construction New Zealand Ltd, Downer New Zealand and AECOM?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• When was the $3.9 billion Public Sector Comparator for Warkworth to Te Hana last updated before financial close, and what would that comparator be if restated at 2026 prices?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What assumptions, including risk and optimism-bias adjustments, if any, underpinned the $3.9 billion Public Sector Comparator for Warkworth to Te Hana approved by Cabinet in March 2025?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• How is the $3.649 billion net present value cost of the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership disaggregated between construction capital, debt financing, equity returns, operations and maintenance, lifecycle renewals, insurance…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What discount rate, discount period and base date were used to calculate the $3.649 billion net present value final project cost for the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership announced on 30 July 2026?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the total nominal, undiscounted value of all payments the Crown and NZTA expect to make under the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement signed with the Northway consortium in July 2026, over the full term of that agreement to 2058?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Glen Bennett

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Lemauga Lydia Sosene

Member for Māngere · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Reuben Davidson

Member for Christchurch East · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Deborah Russell

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

• What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?