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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 to the responsible council of any reduction in the New Zealand Transport Agency funding assistance rate applying to a special purpose road over the 2027-30 National Land Transport…

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Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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What advice, briefings, reports or correspondence has the Minister had, if any, on the roading maintenance and/or rates impacts of lowering the Financial Assistance Rate for Councils?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What correspondence, if any, did the Minister have with Horizons Regional Council prior to announcing the disapplication of the "prescribed nitrogen reductions" in the Manawatū/Whanganui region that would have taken effects under Plan…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What correspondence, if any, did the Minister have with industry bodies representing farmers prior to announcing the "prevent[ion] [of] the restrictive elements on Plan Change 1 from applying during the transition period to the new…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What correspondence, if any, did the Minister have with Waikato Regional Council prior to announcing the "prevent[ion] [of] the restrictive elements on Plan Change 1 from applying during the transition period to the new planning system",…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What correspondence, if any, did the Minister have with industry bodies representing farmers prior to announcing the disapplication of the "prescribed nitrogen reductions" in the Manawatū/Whanganui region that would have taken effects…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What were Appendix 1 Topics C and D as listed at paragraph 4 in the Briefing the Minister received titled "26-BRF-00808, Planning and Natural Environment Bill - Ministerial decisions to inform Departmental Reports (part 2)" dated 7 April…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What topics were covered in Appendices 2, 3, and 4 as listed following paragraph 4 in the Briefing the Minister received titled "26-BRF-00808, Planning and Natural Environment Bill - Ministerial decisions to inform Departmental Reports…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What effect, other than "greenhouse gas emissions" did Under-Secretary Simon Court suggest for potential exclusion from the Natural Environment Bill, as noted under "A1" in Appendix 1 to the Briefing the Minister received titled…

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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 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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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 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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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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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their office received, if any, during the week beginning 31/08/2026, by title and date?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31/08/2026, by title and date?

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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What papers, if any, did the Attorney-General take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?