69702 (2024). Hon Julie Anne Genter to the Minister of Transport

69702 (2024). Hon Julie Anne Genter to the Minister of Transport: What are the titles and dates of advice he has received, if any, in the form of emails, briefings, reports, memos or any other documents, on the impact of not having any rail-enabled ferries traversing the Cook Strait on the future cost of moving freight, the ability to move certain types of freight, and/or the future viability of rail freight in the South Island, or any other impacts such a change would have?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that the titles and dates of the briefings I have received from agencies, including any advice on the impact of not having any rail-enabled ferries traversing the Cook Strait, are regularly published on their websites and can be found here: • Ministry of Transport - https://www.transport.govt.nz/about-us/what-we-do/briefings-list/SearchForm?Keyword=&TopicID=&DocumentTypeID=142&action_results=Search • KiwiRail - https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/who-we-are/publications-and-resources/information-released-by-kiwirail Official advice to Ministers relating to the decision to decline to provide KiwiRail with additional funding for Project iRex has been proactively released on Treasury's website: https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/information-release/official-information-regarding-kiwirails-project-irex-phase-1, https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/information-release/official-information-regarding-kiwirails-project-irex-phase-2.