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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice has been received on whether further City and Regional Deals should be signed before the general election on 7 November 2026, and what convention applies to entering long-term intergovernmental agreements during the…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What estimate does the Government hold of the fiscal cost of extending City and Regional Deals to every region in New Zealand, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Why does the South Island have only one region in the first tranche of City and Regional Deals, and what assessment has been made of the geographic distribution of the programme, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the current status of any proposal for a City and Regional Deal covering Christchurch and Canterbury, Wellington, Waikato, Northland, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Nelson-Tasman, Marlborough, the West Coast, Southland…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What consideration has been given to a Rotorua-Taupō City and Regional Deal, if any, and what is the current status of that proposal?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What consideration has been given to a City and Regional Deal for the Eastern Bay of Plenty covering the Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki and Kawerau districts, and what is the current status of that proposal?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which regions or councils have written to Ministers seeking a City and Regional Deal since 1 July 2025, and what response was given in each case?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to 19663 (2026), what is the nature of the Government and external supports that whānau of the participants on the second Oranga Tamariki military-style academy are recieving, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  When will the Government open a further round of City and Regional Deals, how many regions will be invited to participate, and what selection criteria will apply?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Will the asset recycling and Crown uplift model used in the Western Bay of Plenty Deal be made available to other regions, and if so, which regions have expressed interest in using it?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What analysis supports the estimate that the Western Bay of Plenty Deal will enable capacity for around 15,000 new homes, and over what period are those dwellings expected to be consented and built?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What commitments has Health New Zealand made under the Western Bay of Plenty Deal, if any, which facilities do they relate to, and what is the estimated cost of each?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the estimated capital cost of the Katikati Bypass, which asset sales are proposed to fund it, and by what date is it expected to be delivered?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to 18738 (2026), how many of the participants on the second Oranga Tamariki military-style academy have a key 'anchor activity' now that they are in the community phase?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What does the phrase "local asset recycling plus a Crown uplift" mean in practice under the Western Bay of Plenty Deal, which council assets have been identified for sale, and what uplift rate has been agreed or modelled?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which specific roads or corridors in the Western Bay of Plenty are being considered for new tolls under the Western Bay of Plenty Deal, if any, and what toll rates have been modelled?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Who are the members of the Auckland Deal Oversight Board, how many times has it met, and are its agendas and papers publicly available, if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice has been received on whether an Auckland accommodation levy would be set, collected and retained locally or set nationally, if any, and which agency would collect it?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What decision-making powers, if any, were devolved from central government to Auckland Council under the Auckland Deal?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How much additional Crown funding, if any, has been committed to Auckland as a direct result of the Auckland Deal that was not already committed before 10 April 2026?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which commitments in the Auckland Deal signed on 10 April 2026 have been completed, which are behind schedule, and what is the reason for each delay?

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  What is the current status of the Auckland Deal commitment to explore an accommodation levy in 2027, which agency is leading that work, and when will decisions be made?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice has been received on a public transport service connecting Alexandra, Cromwell, Wānaka and Queenstown, if any, and what is the estimated annual operating subsidy?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the current house price-to-income ratio in the Queenstown Lakes district, if any, and what target, if any, does the Government hold for reducing it?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to 18743 (2026), what is the nature of the continuing therapeutic support, if any, that Oranga Tamariki has procured for the participants on the second military-style academy now that they are in the community?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many affordable or workforce dwellings will the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal commit to delivering, over what period, and against what definition of affordability, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which schools or other education facilities in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago districts have been identified as requiring investment to support forecast population growth, if any, and what is the estimated cost of each?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What commitments relating to health infrastructure in the Queenstown Lakes district, including any privately funded hospital proposal, are contemplated in the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has been received on electricity transmission and distribution constraints affecting growth in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago districts, and what network investment commitments are contemplated in the regional…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What modelling has been undertaken of peak travel times between Jack's Point, Hanley's Farm and central Queenstown, and what peak travel times are forecast for 2028 and 2036 under currently committed investment?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What new levy or charging instruments is the Government developing, if any, to require fast-track projects to contribute to network infrastructure beyond their own sites, and when will those instruments be available for use?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the current forecast total cost and completion date of the $250 million Queenstown Package, how do those figures compare with the forecasts at the April 2024 ground-breaking, and what are the reasons for any variance?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many fast-track approvals have been granted for projects in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago districts, if any, and how many dwellings do those projects provide for in total / what infrastructure contributions are each required…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How much International Visitor Levy revenue has been allocated to the Queenstown Lakes District Council, the Central Otago District Council and the Otago Regional Council in each year since 2019/20?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice has been received on enabling the Queenstown Lakes District Council to levy an accommodation levy or bed tax, if any, what rate range was modelled, and what annual revenue was estimated at each rate?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice has been received on congestion charging in the Queenstown Lakes district, including which corridors were modelled and what revenue and travel-time effects were estimated, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which specific funding and financing tools are contemplated in the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal, and which of them would require new primary legislation before they could be used?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  When will the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal be signed, and what accounts for it being signed later than the Auckland and Western Bay of Plenty deals?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many meetings have taken place between officials working on City and Regional Deals and officials working on local government reorganisation since 1 January 2026, and what was the purpose of each?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  When was the Minister first advised that City and Regional Deals were being negotiated with regional councils at the same time as policy was being developed to disestablish regional councils?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has been received on whether a region's progress towards council amalgamation will be a factor in selecting regions for future City and Regional Deals?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What will happen to the commitments made by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council under the Western Bay of Plenty Deal, and by the Otago Regional Council under any Otago Central Lakes deal, once regional councils are disestablished?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What provision, if any, do the Auckland Deal and the Western Bay of Plenty Deal make for the transfer of a council's obligations to a successor local authority, and if no such provision exists, what legislative mechanism would be used?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to 4696 (2025), has Oranga Tamariki had any discussions with potential providers regarding involvement in future military-style academies now that the pilot and its evaluation are complete; if so, who and on what dates?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which councils that are signatories to a signed City and Regional Deal have been identified as likely to be disestablished or amalgamated under the Government's local government reorganisation programme, if any?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How are pre-existing Treaty of Waitangi settlement obligations given effect in each signed City and Regional Deal, if at all, and what advice was received on that question before signing?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which private sector organisations and which iwi or hapū entities were consulted during the negotiation of each City and Regional Deal, if any, and what records of those meetings are held?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the total dollar value of Crown commitments in each signed City and Regional Deal, and how much of that value was already committed through the National Land Transport Programme or other funding decisions made before the deal was…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How much new appropriation, if any, was allocated specifically to City and Regional Deals in Budget 2025 and Budget 2026, and under which Vote and appropriation does it sit?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What advice or correspondence has been received from the Auditor-General, the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission or the Treasury, if any, on the design, transparency or value for money of the City and Regional Deals programme?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What performance measures, baselines and reporting requirements, if any, have been set for each signed City and Regional Deal, when will the first public progress report be published, and which agency is responsible for publishing it?