31853 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

31853 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Does the NZ Transport Agency record expenditure on public consultation and community engagement as a discrete cost category in relation to the Northland Corridor; if not, in which cost categories is that expenditure recorded?

Hon Chris Bishop: Public consultation is not a discrete cost category and occurs throughout the project development lifecycle. Costs occur across investment case, property, pre-implementation and implementation phases.