56381 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Rail

Written Question

Published date: 17 Dec 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	56381 (2025)
Question asked:	03 Dec 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister for Rail
Minister replying:	Rt Hon Winston Peters
Answer received:	11 Dec 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_56381_2025
Document guid:	af8cfe80-3f4a-4e01-9243-b6064f727e9a

56381 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Rail: What cost-escalation risks, if any, have been identified due to the early stage of the replacement interisland ferries’ design, and how are these risks being managed, if at all?

Rt Hon Winston Peters: Ferries are procured through a fixed price contract and followed standard ship contracting process.