Written questions

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister or any staff member in their office received a briefing, document, or correspondence from a company, lobbyist, or other third party at a private email account that hasn't then been forwarded to an official email account or…

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13926 (2026), what steps, if any, has the Minister taken to seek feedback from rural communities about access to Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF)?

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13926 (2026), have any concerns been raised with the Minister about rural communities finding it difficult to access Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF) administered by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi?

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13927 (2026), is the Minister satisfied that the level of data collected by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is sufficient to assess whether rural communities are missing out on Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF)?

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13927 (2026), what was the total amount of funding sought by applicants whose Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF) applications were declined, if any; in the past 12 months?

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13927 (2026), how many Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF) applications were declined in the past 12 months, listed by town and region?

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13927 (2026), has NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi undertaken any analysis using town or regional-level data to estimate how many Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF) applications came from rural communities in the past…

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Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

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  In relation to reply 13927 (2026), what geographical data fields are collected by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi for Community Road Safety Funding (CRSF) applicants?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the actual versus forecast delivery progress and cost of each Road of National Significance funded in previous Budgets, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the Minister's assessment, if any, of whether the metropolitan and national rail activities funded in Budget 2026 from reprioritised Rail Network Investment Programme 2024–2027 savings deliver better value or outcomes than the…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What constraints, if any, has the Minister placed on how savings in Vote Transport are to be found in Budget 2026, and may those savings extend to reductions in funded land transport or rail programmes if sufficient savings cannot…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What rail activities, if any, were reduced or deferred to generate the savings recorded in the Rail Network Investment Programme 2024–2027 – Reprioritisation initiative in Budget 2026, the proceeds of which are used to fund rail…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the dollar value attributable to each of the specific levers identified for the Baseline Savings – Vote Transport initiative in Budget 2026, namely (a) lower-than-expected costs for delivering drug and alcohol assessments, (b)…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the total funding provided through the Public Transport Fuel Costs Support initiative in Budget 2026, the figures for which were withheld due to commercial sensitivity, which Public Transport Authorities will receive that funding,…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What activities, if any, will be funded under the Rail Network Investment Programme 2027–2030 – National Rail Freight Network initiative in Budget 2026 (which provides operating and capital funding held in tagged contingency for…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How much of the Rail Network Investment Programme 2027–2030 – Metropolitan Rail Networks Overdue Renewals initiative funded in Budget 2026 (approximately $106.9 million of capital for overdue Auckland and Wellington metropolitan rail…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which specific State Highway resilience projects, if any, will be funded from the $400.0 million capital tagged contingency for the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport: Resilience initiative in Budget 2026, and what is the…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the total capital funding held in tagged contingency for the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport: Road of National Significance – Cambridge to Piarere initiative in Budget 2026, what amount is expected to be supplemented…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 25 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 25 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 11 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 11 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 11 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 11 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 18 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 18 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  For each agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, what is the forecast payback period, in months, i.e. the time before the disestablishment of roles (if any) made as part of…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 18 May 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 18 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has a final decision been made regarding whether or not NZTA will or will not fund the Pauariki Bridge and the Burgess Bridge, and if not, when will a decision be made?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has there at any point been a change in NZTA funding status or funding approval position for the rebuild of Burgess Bridge on Burgess Road, and if so, when were these decisions made?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has there at any point been a change in NZTA funding status or funding approval position for the rebuild of Pauariki Bridge on Hikuwai Road, and if so, when were these decisions made?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date, if at all, did the Minister first receive advice from the Government Chief Digital Officer, the Public Service Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner, Treasury, or any other agency regarding the feasibility, cost, delivery…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 21654 (2026), 21659 (2026), 21662 (2026), 21670 (2026), 21679 (2026), 21688 (2026), 22017 (2026), 22018 (2026), 22032 (2026), 22036 (2026), 22040 (2026), 22063 (2026), 22376 (2026), 22389 (2026), 22397 (2026), 22399 (2026), 22415 (2026), 22780 (2026), 22797 (2026), 23073 (2026), 23128 (2026), 23129 (2026), 23136 (2026), 23160 (2026), 23167 (2026), 23429 (2026), 23488 (2026), 23505 (2026), 23518 (2026), 23519 (2026), 23525 (2026), 23801 (2026), 23851 (2026), 23871 (2026), 23878 (2026), 23884 (2026), 23897 (2026), 24143 (2026), 24190 (2026), 24195 (2026), 24196 (2026), 24208 (2026)

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  Which AI vendors, products, or platforms are expected to be procured, expanded, or relied upon as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; what is the forecast contract value of each, in which…

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  What evidence base, including any business cases, pilot results, productivity studies, benchmark data, or independent advice, was relied upon in determining that AI could absorb the workload of the roles being disestablished as part of…

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  What is the total forecast spend on (a) AI software licences and subscriptions, (b) AI-related cloud and compute infrastructure, (c) AI implementation consultants and systems integrators, (d) AI-related staff training and change…

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  How many, if any, of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will have any of their functions or tasks performed, in whole or in part, by artificial…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date, if at all, did the Minister first receive advice from the Government Chief Digital Officer, the Public Service Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner, Treasury, or any other agency regarding the feasibility, cost, delivery…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 21294 (2026), 21295 (2026)

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  Recorded target James Meager, Associate Minister of Transport

  Which AI vendors, products, or platforms are expected to be procured, expanded, or relied upon as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; what is the forecast contract value of each, in which…

• 21279 (matches this search)

  Recorded target James Meager, Associate Minister of Transport

  What evidence base, including any business cases, pilot results, productivity studies, benchmark data, or independent advice, was relied upon in determining that AI could absorb the workload of the roles being disestablished as part of…

• 21288 (matches this search)

  Recorded target James Meager, Associate Minister of Transport

  What is the total forecast spend on (a) AI software licences and subscriptions, (b) AI-related cloud and compute infrastructure, (c) AI implementation consultants and systems integrators, (d) AI-related staff training and change…

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  Recorded target Chris Bishop, Minister of Transport

  Has any (a) algorithmic impact assessment, (b) Privacy Impact Assessment, (c) Treaty of Waitangi impact assessment, or (d) Health and Safety at Work Act psychosocial risk assessment been completed in respect of the AI tools being deployed…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, or the Public Service Commission advise against any element of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What savings target, if any, expressed in dollars or FTE, was set as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, by whom, and on what date, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Were any relevant unions consulted prior to the announcement of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; if so, on what date, and were the unions provided with…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Was the Public Service Commissioner consulted on the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what advice did the Commissioner provide, if anything, broken…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date, if at all, did the Minister first receive advice regarding the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and from whom, broken down by agency,…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the estimated annual social cost of alcohol-related road deaths and serious injuries in New Zealand, and what proportion of these involve drivers with a recorded breath alcohol level between 400 and 800 micrograms per litre?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to Replies 13169, 13173, and 18709 (2026): (a) on what date was the external advice referred to in Reply 13173 received, and on what date does NZTA expect to make a final decision on enforcement action in respect of the matters…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to Reply 18716 (2026): (a) will the Minister release any emails, file notes, briefings, meeting minutes, or other NZTA records from February 2025 to 1 August 2025 that reference NZ Police, the Road Safety Intelligence Team, or…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to Replies 11428, 13158, 13163, 13378, 17205, 18710 and 18712 (2026): (a) is the National Manager, Regulatory Performance, Risk & Insights identified in Reply 13158 as having directed the process change to further mitigate the…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to Replies 11661, 13174 and 17202 (2026): (a) does the requirement referred to in Reply 13174 for NZTA's Agents to contact NZTA before processing overseas licence conversion applications, or any equivalent verification measure,…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How, if at all, has artificial intelligence been deployed in a customer service function in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How, if at all, has artificial intelligence been deployed in a customer service function in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any?