39709 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

39709 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Further to Reply 34451 (2026), how much, if any, has the NZ Transport Agency spent to date on external professional services for the Northland Corridor programme as a whole, broken down by section (Warkworth to Te Hana; Te Hana to Port Marsden Highway, including the Alternative to the Brynderwyn Hills; Port Marsden Highway to Whangārei) and by the categories used in that reply, namely legal, financial, technical and probity services?

Hon Chris Bishop: I refer the Member to my response to 39707 (2026). This provides the total cost of external professional services supplied to the Northland Corridor programme as a whole. Of this total, for the amount spent broken down by section and the services identified, I refer the Member to the attached table.