40136 (2025). Celia Wade-Brown to the Minister of Transport

Written Question

Published date: 01 Sep 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	40136 (2025)
Question asked:	18 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Celia Wade-Brown
Portfolio:	Minister of Transport
Minister replying:	Hon Chris Bishop
Answer received:	26 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_40136_2025
Document guid:	6b0e77fc-c652-46fc-8018-f0062ff20856

40136 (2025). Celia Wade-Brown to the Minister of Transport: What advice, reports, briefings, aides-memoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister or any member of their Office received on a new rolling stock contract for the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines?

Hon Chris Bishop: In my capacity as Minister of Transport, I have received the following documents in relation to the Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility Programme: • 24/01/2025 N/A Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Transport. • 07/02/2025 OC250021 Briefing Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility(LNIRIM) next steps. • 28/02/2025 OC250152 Briefing Meeting with Daran Ponter and Nigel Corry on Metro Rail. • 22/05/2025 OC250403 Briefing Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility (LNIRIM) procurement update. • 11/06/2025 OC250528 Aide-Memoire Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility patronage assumptions.