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Question 35826 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

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None.

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Question 35827 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

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

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Question 35828 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

Answer

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

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Question 35829 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

Answer

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

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Question 35830 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Nicola Grigg

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

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As Minister of State for Trade and Investment, none.

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Question 35831 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for Energy

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

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Question 35832 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

Answer

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

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Question 35833 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

Answer

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

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Question 35834 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

Answer

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

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Question 35835 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

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None.

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Question 35836 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Simon Watts

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

Answer

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

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Question 35837 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister for Energy

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

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35838, 35839, 35841, 35850 (2026)

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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

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

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

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

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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

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Question 35840 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment

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None.

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Question 35842 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister of Defence

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None.

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Question 35843 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35844 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35845 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35846 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

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

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Question 35847 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

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

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None.

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Question 35848 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35849 (2026)

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

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

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Question 35851 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

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

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None.

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Question 35852 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Cameron Brewer

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

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

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Question 35853 (2026)

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

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

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Question 35854 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35855 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance

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None.

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Question 35856 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Cameron Brewer

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

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

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Question 35857 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35858 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35859 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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

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Question 35860 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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

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Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance

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

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Question 35861 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Mike Butterick

Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture

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None.

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Question 35862 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What arrangement, commitment, underwriting, agency, legal, ratings, advisory and other financing and transaction fees were incurred in reaching financial close on the Warkworth to Te Hana project, if any, and what is the total of those…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34451 (2026) in relation to general costs incurred throughout the transaction process and Written Parliamentary Question 35859 (2026) in relation to financing and…

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Question 35863 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What proportion of the senior private debt for the Warkworth to Te Hana project is fixed or hedged, and for what period of the debt's tenor does that hedging apply, if any?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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As with previous PPPs, the Project Agreement requires NZTA to make payments to the Contractor for floating interest rate costs that flow through to the private debt that makes up part of the capital structure of the Contractor consortium.…

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Question 35864 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What interest rate and inflation hedging arrangements were entered into in respect of the Warkworth to Te Hana project at or before financial close on 30 July 2026, if any, and what is the cost of those arrangements?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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In relation to interest rate hedging, I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 35863 (2026). The specific cost of these arrangements is commercially sensitive as it forms part of the project's commercially…

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Question 35865 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What credit margin over the base rate applies to the senior private debt raised by the Northway consortium for the Warkworth to Te Hana project, and what is the resulting all-in senior debt cost at financial close on 30 July 2026?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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The credit margin over the base rate and the resulting all-in senior debt cost at financial close have been withheld as they form part of the project's commercially sensitive financing arrangements. Disclosure could prejudice NZTA's…

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Question 35866 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety

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None

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Question 35867 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Cameron Brewer

Member for Upper Harbour · National Party · Associate Minister of Immigration

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

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Question 35868 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

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In my capacity as Associate Foreign Affairs Minister, nil.

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Question 35869 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What is the total quantum of senior private debt raised by the Northway consortium for the Warkworth to Te Hana project, and what is the tenor of that debt?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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The debt-to-equity ratio is commercially sensitive and therefore the level of debt raised is commercially sensitive.

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Question 35870 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What were the seven recommendations of the Gateway 3 review of the Warkworth to Te Hana project conducted between 4 and 8 May 2026, which returned a Green/Amber delivery confidence assessment, which of those recommendations had been…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34428 (2026).

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Question 35871 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What are the refinancing provisions of the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement, if any, including whether NZTA's consent is required before the Northway consortium may refinance, how a refinancing gain is defined and calculated, what…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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NZTA has certain consent rights to refinancings and will share in refinancing gains in specific circumstances. Some carve-outs do apply. Refinancing gain share is not assumed in the $3.649b NPV figure.

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Question 35872 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What guarantees, indemnities, compensation events, force majeure provisions, termination payment obligations and other contingent liabilities, if any, have the Crown or NZTA accepted under the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement and the…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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I refer the Member to my responses to Written Parliamentary Questions 34437 (2026), 34439 (2026) and 34440 (2026).

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Question 35873 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

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I refer the member to the response provided by the Prime Minister to Written Parliamentary Question 35806 (2026).

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Question 35874 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister of Forestry

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Nil.

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Question 35875 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What sensitivity analysis, if any, was undertaken on the value-for-money assessment for the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP in respect of (a) interest rates, (b) inflation, (c) construction delay, (d) refinancing costs, and (e) the proportion of…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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NZTA undertook sensitivity analysis as part of the development of the Public Sector Comparator and value-for-money assessment. In accordance with Treasury PPP Guidance, NZTA also retested project cost against the Public Sector Comparator…

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Question 35876 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

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    What independent review or assurance was undertaken of the Public Sector Comparator, the risk valuations and the financial model used to assess value for money for the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP, if any, by whom was each review undertaken,…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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I am advised that the Public Sector Comparator and associated cost estimates and risk valuations were subject to multiple layers of assurance, including independent cost estimation, peer review, and quantitative risk assessment. Detailed…

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Question 35877 (2026)

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    What was the net present value comparison between the Northway consortium's price for the Warkworth to Te Hana project and the Public Sector Comparator for that project before any risk adjustment was applied to either figure, and on that…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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This information has been withheld as it forms part of the commercially sensitive financial and risk modelling used to evaluate bids and assess value for money. Disclosure of the unadjusted pricing and Public Sector Comparator assumptions…

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Question 35880 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

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    Which material risks in the Warkworth to Te Hana project are retained by NZTA or the Crown rather than transferred to the Northway consortium under the Project Agreement signed in July 2026, if any, what dollar value was assigned to each…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34436 (2026). NZTA retains or shares a range of risks that cannot be efficiently be passed to the consortium. These include some change in law risks and uninsurable…