Search written questions to Ministers and the replies they have received.
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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 1 June 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Refer to the response to WPQ 6251 (2025).
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What advice, if any, did the Minister or their officials receive recommending against, or proposing a lower figure than, any board fee increase the Minister subsequently approved since 27 November 2023 for any agency, department, Crown…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What additional payments, allowances, or expenses, if any — including but not limited to meeting fees, daily rates, travel, or accommodation — were paid to board or committee members of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
As has already been advised in previous responses to written questions, a special duties pool of up to $100,000 was approved for Ferry Holdings Limited directors given the high workloads on directors during the establishment phase of the…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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What is the total amount, if any, paid in board and committee fees by each agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible in each financial year since 27 November 2023, broken down by…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The member is referred to the attached table.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How many board fee increases, if any, did the Minister approve since 27 November 2023 that exceeded the rate or range in the Cabinet Fees Framework for any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How many board or committee appointments and reappointments, if any, did the Minister make since 27 November 2023 to any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, broken down by…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The information requested is not gathered in the format specified. For details regarding fee increases relevant to specific boards, please refer to the attached spreadsheet. It is important to note that fees are reviewed independently of…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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What board fees, if any, are currently paid to the chair and to each member of every board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, broken down…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The member is referred to the attached table.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How many board fee increases, if any, approved by the Minister since 27 November 2023 for any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible were backdated or applied retrospectively,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the total additional annual cost, if any, of all board fee increases approved by the Minister since 27 November 2023 across any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The member is referred to the attached table.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What board fee increases, if any, did the Minister approve for any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The Member is referred to the attached table.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
Matching question numbers: 26223 (2026)
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Has any staff member in the Minister’s office used a private email account to send or receive official information since the Government took office; if so, on how many occasions since 27 November 2023?
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What official information, if any, is held on a private email account of a current or former staff member in the Minister’s office and has not been placed on the official record since 27 November 2023; and what steps are being taken to…
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Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not?
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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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Does the Minister, or any member of their office, hold or store any official information relating to their portfolio or ministerial duties in private or personal email accounts, and if so, what steps are being taken to ensure that…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The deliberate use of a personal email account to conduct work activities as an alternate to using the work email provided to staff is not permitted. However, from time to time there are justifiable reasons for a private email to be used –…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
How many financial settlements, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…
How many confidential settlement agreements, non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality clauses, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The Minister for Rail is a shareholding Minister in operationally independent companies. Any settlement entered between those companies and their employees, contractors, or office holders are between those parties, and are not matters for…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the total expenditure, actual or projected, if any, on staff redundancies across all agencies, departments, Crown entities, companies, or other organisations for which the Minister is responsible arising from Budget 2026 decisions,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the total amount, if any, spent by agencies, departments, Crown entities, companies, or other organisations for which the Minister is responsible on advertising, communications, or promotional activity relating to Budget 2026,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
$0
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Has the Minister had any lobbying or advocacy meetings since 27 November 2023 that do not appear in the Minister's published diary, and if so, on what dates, with whom, and for what purpose, as at 5 June 2026?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Refer to our Ministerial proactive diary release: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/search?f%5B0%5D=content_type_facet%3Aministerial_diary&f%5B1%5D=ministers%3A6819&f%5B2%5D=government_facet%3A6700
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What new spending initiatives or Budget bids, if any, did the Minister or their agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, submit for Budget 2026, listed by title, amount sought,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Information about unsuccessful Budget Bids has not been disclosed to maintain the current consitutional conventions protecting the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. However, funding for new initiatives and…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How many staff, if any, at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, since 27 November 2023, have been made redundant, broken down by month and by (a) voluntary redundancy…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This is not information held by a shareholding Minister.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the total sum, if any, spent on wages for any contractors and consultants who have been previously employed in a different capacity at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This is not information held by a shareholding Minister.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Which agencies, departments, Crown entities, companies, or other organisations for which the Minister is responsible, if any, have been required to identify or deliver baseline savings or staffing reductions since 27 November 2023, and how…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What redundancy or restructuring costs, if any, have been incurred by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, listed by organisation, the number of…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This is not information held by a shareholding Minister.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
What cost pressures within their relevant portfolio Votes, if any, was the Minister informed of prior to Budget 2026 - listing any advice received on this by date and title?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Cost pressures are existing costs which are increasing due to change in wages, inflation or volume. Ferry Holdings has a budget of $1.7 billion for all of the taxpayer share of costs for the programme (including contingency). The programme…
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
What rules or directives, if any, were sent to the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, regarding making bids for Budget 2026?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The agencies for which the Minister for Rail is responsible for are not in eligible to issue directives regarding making bids for Budget 2026.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
Which, if any, of the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, were invited to make Budget bids as part of Budget 2026?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
KiwiRail as outlined here: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/rail-infrastructure-fully-funded
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
Which, if any, of the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, were asked to identify savings as part of the 2026 Budget?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
KiwiRail as outlined here: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/rail-infrastructure-fully-funded
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
How much, if any, is the total budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This is not information held by a shareholding Minister. The member would be welcome to request this information from the operationally independent entities for which the Minister is a shareholder, and they will respond in compliance with…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, has the Minister received advice that the functions could be performed more cost-effectively if the entity…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what is the forecast one-off cost of abolition or merger, including disestablishment, transition, legal and IT…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, which functions will (a) cease entirely, (b) transfer to another entity, or (c) be performed by a…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what was the total appropriation in 2024/25, if anything, and what is the forecast total cost of the functions…
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Has any psychosocial risk assessment been conducted in respect of the restructure being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, under Health and Safety at Work Act obligations, if any,…
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Has the Minister received any advice that role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will worsen results in staff engagement, workplace wellbeing, sick leave, or…
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How does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for compare, as a proportion of workforce, across the portfolio, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company,…
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Has the Minister sought or received advice on whether roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will need to be re-hired within the next 24 months, and what is the…
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What proportion of the current workforce does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for represent, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…
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What support, including outplacement, retraining, and mental health support, if any, is being made available to staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, and at what cost, broken down by…
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How many staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for are being offered redeployment to other roles within the same entity or elsewhere in the public service, if any, and what is the forecast…
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How many of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will be achieved by (a) voluntary redundancy, (b) involuntary redundancy, (c) non-replacement of…
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What is the total forecast cost of restructures being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, including (a) redundancy payments, (b) outplacement support, (c) change-management…
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Have any functions been transferred to another entity as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; if so, has the receiving entity been given any additional baseline funding, and how much,…
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What, if anything, is the forecast contractor and consultant spend in each of the next four financial years as a consequence of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, by category of spend, broken…
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What, if anything, is the average daily rate paid for external consultants and contractors, and how does this compare to the equivalent daily cost of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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Will any work previously undertaken by roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, be performed by (a) external consultants, (b) contractors, (c) labour-hire staff,…
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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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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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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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Will any obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including obligations under Treaty settlement legislation, be affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if…
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Has the Minister been advised of any risks to the health, safety or wellbeing of New Zealanders arising from the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and if…
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What is the forecast change in (a) processing times, (b) wait times, (c) call-answer times, and (d) complaint resolution times for services provided in the 12 months following the role reductions being made as part of savings made in…
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Which specific functions, services, programmes or work streams, if any, will be reduced, ceased, or transferred elsewhere as a consequence of the role disestablishments being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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What is the forecast change to each published performance measure (as set out in the most recent Statement of Performance Expectations or equivalent), if any, as a result of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget…
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Which statutory functions, if any, are affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and has the Minister received legal advice as to whether each…
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Which statutory functions, if any, are affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and has the Minister received legal advice as to whether each…
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Which specific functions, services, programmes or work streams will be reduced, ceased, or transferred elsewhere as a consequence of the role disestablishments being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is…
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What is the forecast impact, if any, of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, on the gender pay gap and the ethnic pay gap, broken down by agency,…
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Has any equity impact assessment, gender impact assessment, or Treaty of Waitangi impact assessment been completed in respect of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible…
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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, are held by employees who have self-identified as having a disability, broken down by agency,…
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What is the geographic and regional distribution of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by city or region and by agency, department, Crown…
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What is the age-band breakdown of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for…
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What is the ethnicity breakdown (Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian, European, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African, Other) of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for,…
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What is the gender breakdown of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, compared to the gender composition of each workforce as a whole, broken down by…
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What is the total forecast cost of redundancy and severance payments, if any, associated with the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what is the average…
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What is the distribution of roles, if any, being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, across salary bands in $20,000 increments (e.g. $60,000–$79,999, $80,000–$99,999,…
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What is the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) 25th percentile, and (d) 75th percentile salary of the roles, if any, being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by…
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What is the total annual salary cost (including employer KiwiSaver contributions and ACC levies) of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by…
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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, are classified as (a) frontline, (b) frontline-enabling, and (c) back-office, and what definition…
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How many FTE positions, if any, are expected to be disestablished across the agencies, departments and other entities for which the Minister is responsible as a result of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible…
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Of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, how many were (a) filled by a permanent employee, (b) filled by a fixed-term employee, (c) filled by a secondee,…
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How many roles, if any, expressed as both (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount, are being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and over what period will those…
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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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
That would be a question to put to a portfolio Minister responsible for core public service agencies or Crown entites. The Minister for Rail is not one of those Ministers. You will note however that Ferry Holdings has an upper limit budget…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
28 May 2026 The Treasury, KiwiRail and New Zealand Railways Corporation Statements of Corporate Intent 28 May 2026 KiwiRail, Fortnightly Report 14 - 27 May 2026
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Refer to the response to WPQ 6251 (2025).
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
14 May 2026 KiwiRail Fortnightly Report 30 April - 13 May 2026 15 May 2026 KiwiRail Quarter 3 FY26 Performance Report
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 11 May 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Refer to the response to WPQ 6251 (2025).
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 18 May 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Refer to the response to WPQ 6251 (2025).
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
As Minister for Rail, $0. What the operationally independent entities for which we are a shareholder spend on AI, if at all, is not information held by the Minister for Rail.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Zero, as none of the entities for which we are responsible are core public service agenices or crown entities.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
No, as none of the entities for which we are responsible are core public service agencies or crown entities.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
None.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
No, as none of the entities for which the Minister for Rail is responsible for are core public service agencies or Crown entities. We did howevver write to all four unions representing union members at KiwiRail advising them that this…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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What is the forecast change in spending, if any, on (a) external consultants, (b) contractors, and (c) temporary or labour-hire staff in each of the next four financial years as a consequence of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The Government has created employment at the Hillside Railway Workships in Dunedin, which is seeing 1,350 wagons assembled by locally trained staff as a result. The final spend on this programme means $7million was able to be handed back,…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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Will the Minister provide a list of every role title being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, the number of FTE associated with each role title, and the tier (Tier 1, 2,…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
No.
Asked by
Julie Anne Genter
Member for Rongotai · Green Party
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Has the scope for rebuilding the wharf at Picton been determined, and, if so, approximately how much will it cost and how will it be funded?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Yes. The cost is a component of the $421 million Government share of costs within the $531 million budget for all Picton works.
Asked by
Julie Anne Genter
Member for Rongotai · Green Party
(matches this search)
What stage is the order for new inter island ferries at?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Please visit the Beehive website: www.beehive.govt.nz/release/ferry-solution-saves-new-zealand-23-billion
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Julie Anne Genter
Member for Rongotai · Green Party
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Has the case for electrification of the north island rail network improved since the onset of the fuel crisis and increasing cost of diesel?
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
No Government has ever considered the electrification of the entire North Island rail network.
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Julie Anne Genter
Member for Rongotai · Green Party
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What advice, if any, has the MInister received about investing further in electrification of the North Island Rail network?
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
We received great advice last year regarding the completion of the Papakura to Pukekohe electrification project in 2025, which was funded by the Minister for State Owned Enterprises in 2020. This project expanded Auckland's metropolitan…
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Julie Anne Genter
Member for Rongotai · Green Party
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Has the percentage of freight crossing the Cook Strait by rail (i.e. arriving at the Cook Strait by rail and carrying on on the other side by rail) changed since the Aratere was retired, if so by how much?
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
Yes. We do not have a specific percentage and would not reveal KiwiRail's commercial information in any case. This said, rail freight is prioritised for capacity on the strait. Rail freight is currently transferred from rail wagons to…
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Julie Anne Genter
Member for Rongotai · Green Party
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What were rail freight volumes crossing the Cook Strait each month for the year before the Aratere was retired, and what have they been each month since the Aratere was retired?
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This information cannot be supplied within the standard timeframes of a written parliamentary question.
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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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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This is operational information that is not held by the Minister.
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Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
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What advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding any proposed merger of their department, agency, crown entity or any other body that they are responsible for, if any, listed by title and date?
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
The entities for which the Minister for Rail is a shareholder are operationally independent. Ferry Holdings is a delivery entity for Cabinet's no-nonsense ferry replacement programme and is established under section 4 of the Public Finance…