Skip to main content

Written questions

Search written questions to Ministers and the replies they have received.

Filters
Asked by All MPs
Minister All Ministers
Portfolio All portfolios
Question published between

Dates refer to when the question was published, and are inclusive.

Clear all filters

Showing 4601 to 4650 of 32204 written question sets.

Answered

Question 35808 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How many staff positions across local government, if any, does he estimate will be disestablished as a result of amalgamations taking effect from the October 2028 local elections?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals

Answered

Question 35809 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Corrections

Answer

My office and I send and receive numerous correspondences with a wide range of people in the course of executing the Government’s priorities, I do not consider it in the public interest to ask my staff to spend the considerable time…

Answered

Question 35810 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What financial assistance, if any, will the Government provide to councils to meet transition costs, and will any such assistance be available to councils placed in the Back Stop process?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is still assessing Head Start proposals. An aspect of the deliverability criterion is to set out what assistance that council groupings would need from the Government to deliver their proposal. Policy decisions regarding the…

Answered

Question 35811 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What estimate, if any, does he have of the one-off transition costs of establishing each new unitary authority, and what estimate, if any, does he have of the equivalent transition cost of the 2010 Auckland amalgamation in today's dollars?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is still assessing Head Start proposals. Transition costs will be determined in the detailed design phase. In December 2009, the government provided Auckland Council with a $94.1 million loan for the Auckland Transition…

Answered

Question 35812 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Tourism and Hospitality

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35813 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Nicole McKee

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Courts

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35814 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How much, if any, has the Crown spent on the Head Start and Back Stop processes to date, including departmental staffing, contractors and consultants, and what is the forecast total cost through to the October 2028 local elections?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

Work on the Head Start process has been undertaken by existing departmental staff as part of their normal duties. Neither the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport, nor the Department of Internal Affairs has separately…

Answered

Question 35815 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What estimate, if any, does he have of the total cost incurred by councils in preparing Head Start proposals between May and August 2026, including consultants, legal advice, external analysis and staff time, and how are those costs being…

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

I do not have an estimate of the costs councils incurred while preparing their Head Start proposals. Head Start proposals should outline a high-level design for a future unitary authority, and councils were not expected to need to engage…

Answered

Question 35816 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Minister of Customs

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35817 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Why did the Government not establish a Royal Commission or equivalent independent inquiry before requiring councils to propose amalgamations, given that a Royal Commission preceded the 2010 Auckland reorganisation?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government considered that there was enough evidence to proceed with changes to the local government system and noted that there have been a number of reports on local government reform over many years, as well as local discussions…

Answered

Question 35818 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister for Trade and Investment

Answer

In my capacity as Minister for Trade and Investment neither I nor my office have received any briefing or other advice on the impact of Mr Peters’s remarks on the relationship with China. For Invest New Zealand, none. For New Zealand Trade…

Answered

Question 35819 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister for Economic Growth

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35820 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Why was the Local Government Commission not made the lead agency for the Head Start process, given its central role in the 1989 nationwide local government reforms?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government considered that the Head Start process was primarily a policy work programme that was best undertaken by officials from the Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport and that proposals should be locally led by…

Answered

Question 35821 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35822 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What assessment, if any, has been made of the effect on ratepayers in lower-debt councils of merging with higher-debt neighbours, and of the harmonisation of rates and debt across new unitary authorities?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is still assessing Head Start proposals. Debt harmonisation is a decision for amalgamating councils to make and will be considered during the detailed design phase.

Answered

Question 35823 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What analysis, if any, has he commissioned or received on the projected effect of amalgamation on rates in each affected district, and will he release it before Cabinet makes decisions in September 2026?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

I have not any commissioned or received any analysis on the projected effect of amalgamation on rates in each affected district. Head Start will establish fewer layers of local government –meaning simpler, more aligned planning and…

Answered

Question 35824 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What advice, if any, did he receive from the Department of Internal Affairs on the adequacy of a three-month timeframe for councils to develop Head Start amalgamation proposals, and on what date did he receive it?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

Joint Ministers received a range of advice from officials on the trade-offs of a three-month window for outline proposals. As the pathway was designed for councils that are willing and able to reorganise before the next local elections, we…

Answered

Question 35825 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Ethnic Communities

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35826 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35827 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What weight, if any, will he give to a formal statement by a council — such as Ashburton District Council's advice to the Government that 90 days was insufficient to reach consensus — that it will not accept being folded into another…

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

Cabinet agreed that three months was enough time for councils to decide on outline proposals for the Head Start pathway. The need for unanimous council support or a high level of community support has been a barrier to local government…

Answered

Question 35828 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How many councils, if any, have been named in a Head Start proposal submitted by another council without that council's agreement, and which councils are they?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals

Answered

Question 35829 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Why does the Head Start process require only majority support across affected councils rather than unanimous agreement, and how many proposals, if any, have been submitted to him despite one or more affected councils voting against them?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals

Answered

Question 35830 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister of State for Trade and Investment

Answer

As Minister of State for Trade and Investment, none.

Answered

Question 35831 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for Energy

Answer

I am advised that correspondence my office receives is not categorised by topic. Accordingly, the information requested is not available in an easily reportable format. It would not be a good use of taxpayer-funded staff’s time to collate…

Answered

Question 35832 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How many competing or overlapping Head Start proposals, if any, has he received that cover the same district or city, and by what criteria will he decide between them?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals

Answered

Question 35833 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How many of the councils that did not submit a Head Start proposal by 9 August 2026, if any, gave insufficient time as a reason for not doing so, and which councils were they?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

Councils that did not submit a Head Start proposal have given a range of reasons for not doing so. For some this included a desire to take more time to consider the options for change.

Answered

Question 35834 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How many regions, if any, produced a single agreed Head Start proposal covering the whole region by 9 August 2026, and does he consider the process to have succeeded in those regions that did not?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals

Answered

Question 35835 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35836 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • How many councils, if any, submitted a Head Start proposal by the 9 August 2026 deadline under the local government reform process announced in May 2026, how many were eligible to do so, and how many did not submit?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals

Answered

Question 35837 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister for Energy

Answer

Staff in my office receive and reply to a large volume of physical and electronic correspondence on a daily basis. To identify, classify and list all physical and electronic correspondence would impede the operation of my office which is…

Answered

35838, 35839, 35841, 35850 (2026)

Questions published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

Questions

  • 35838

    Can the Minister confirm that Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa/ Nursing Council of New Zealand's report Educating the nurse of the future: a review of nursing education in Aotearoa New Zealand will be released in full and, if so, by what…

  • 35839

    What recommendations, if any, did Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa/ Nursing Council of New Zealand's report Educating the nurse of the future: a review of nursing education in Aotearoa New Zealand recommend in relation to the role of…

  • 35841

    On what date(s), if any, did he or his office receive a copy of Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa/ Nursing Council of New Zealand report Educating the nurse of the future: a review of nursing education in Aotearoa New Zealand, either in draft…

  • 35850

    On what date(s), if any, did he or his office receive updates on the review undertaken by Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa/ Nursing Council of New Zealand resulting in the report Educating the nurse of the future: a review of nursing…

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that the draft report "Educating the nurse of the future: a review of nursing education in Aotearoa New Zealand" is still under consideration by the Nursing Council of New Zealand's Board.

Answered

Question 35840 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35842 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister of Defence

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35843 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • If the Warkworth to Te Hana expressway is tolled, which party bears the risk of toll revenue falling below forecast, and is any compensation payable by NZTA or the Crown if that occurs?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

Any decision on tolling is separate from the PPP agreement. If the project is tolled, the revenue will be collected by NZTA and used to part fund the Unitary Charge repayments. The toll revenue must be used as set out in the Order in…

Answered

Question 35844 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • If the Warkworth to Te Hana expressway is tolled, will toll revenue be collected and retained by NZTA or by the Northway consortium, and how, if at all, will toll revenue be applied against the Unitary Charge payments over the 25-year…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

No decision has been made on tolling. The Unitary Charge payments will be made out of the NLTF general funds. If the project is tolled, the toll revenue will be collected and retained by NZTA into the NLTF.

Answered

Question 35845 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Does the Project Agreement signed with the Northway consortium for the Warkworth to Te Hana project contain any provision that is conditional on a decision to toll or not to toll the expressway, and does it provide for any compensation or…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

No. Any decision on tolling is separate from the Project Agreement and would not affect the PPP payment arrangements.

Answered

Question 35846 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I and my office engage in correspondence with about a wide variety of matters, and this is not categorized in the way the Member has asked. Collating this would require substantial staff resources and thus cost to the taxpayer. I do not…

Answered

Question 35847 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35848 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • In the economic assessment of the Warkworth to Te Hana project, is toll revenue treated as an economic benefit or as a transfer payment between road users and the funder, and if any part of toll revenue is included in the benefit stream,…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

When calculating the BCR with tolling, toll revenue is treated as a transfer payment, meaning the gross toll charges are subtracted from the project benefits and the toll revenue is subtracted from the cost. In the economic assessment for…

Answered

Question 35849 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • Has the Department of Conservation received any reports of native bats being killed in wind farms in the last five years?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

I am advised that the Department of Conservation does not hold this information.

Answered

Question 35851 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35852 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Cameron Brewer

Member for Upper Harbour · National Party · Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Answer

Neither I nor my office has received any documentation relating to remarks made by Winston Peters regarding New Zealand's relationship with China.

Answered

Question 35853 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • Has the Department of Conservation received any reports of bittern being killed in wind farms in the last five years?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

I am advised that the Department of Conservation is not aware of any reports of bittern being killed in wind farms in the last five years. The Department does not hold national-level data on bird injuries or deaths from wind farms in New…

Answered

Question 35854 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • On what date was the benefit-cost ratio for the Warkworth to Te Hana project last recalculated, and has it been recalculated using the final project cost of $3.649 billion net present value agreed at financial close on 30 July 2026?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I am advised that the economics assessment for Warkworth to Te Hana, in which the BCR was last updated, was completed in December 2024 as part of the Implementation Investment Case. The BCR has not been recalculated.

Answered

Question 35855 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

None.

Answered

Question 35856 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

Answered by

Cameron Brewer

Member for Upper Harbour · National Party · Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing

Answer

Neither I nor my office has received any documentation relating to remarks made by Winston Peters regarding New Zealand's relationship with China.

Answered

Question 35857 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • On what project cost estimate, and at what discount rate, was the expected return of $1.60 per dollar invested for the Warkworth to Te Hana project calculated?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

The economics assessment was based on a P50 cost estimate of $3.5B (excluding NZTA admin fee). The Discount Rate used in the assessment was 2% (2024-53), and 1.5% (2054-83).

Answered

Question 35858 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What is the weighted average cost of capital for the Warkworth to Te Hana project at financial close on 30 July 2026, and does that figure take account of the Crown Capital Contribution and the $1.6 billion 10-year Crown loan to NZTA…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

The weighted average cost of capital has not been disclosed because it is commercially sensitive. Releasing this information would reveal commercially sensitive information about the contractor's financing arrangements and risk pricing. It…

Answered

Question 35859 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Which of the financing and transaction fees incurred in reaching financial close on the Warkworth to Te Hana project, if any, are ultimately borne by NZTA or the Crown, whether directly or through the Unitary Charge payments, and what is…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

The direct financing fees related to the Contractor’s debt and equity financing are borne directly by the Contractor. As with all projects of this nature, the successful consortium will have included an allowance for financing and…

Answered

Question 35860 (2026)

Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

Staff in my office receive and reply to a large volume of physical and electronic correspondence on a daily basis. To identify, classify and list all physical and electronic correspondence would impede the operation of my office which is…