56823 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

Written Question

Published date: 18 Dec 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	56823 (2025)
Question asked:	07 Dec 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister of Transport
Minister replying:	Hon Chris Bishop
Answer received:	15 Dec 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_56823_2025
Document guid:	91e6ec79-715f-4f9a-82e5-df5cd6db8980

56823 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Further to WPQ 55130 (2025), was Far North bus services given any accelerated processes, special exemptions, or deviations from standard NZTA prioritisation or assessment criteria, and were comparable opportunities offered to other councils with similar projects?

Hon Chris Bishop: I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 56793 (2025)