OC250251
23 April 2025
Adam Irish
[FYI request #30386 email]
Tēnā koe Adam,
I refer to your request dated 11 March 2025, requesting the following under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act):
“I request information on the repayment expectations for private equity contributions in
transport projects.”
Five documents fall within the scope of your request and are detailed in Table 1 below.
#
Date
Document title
Decision on release
1.
20 December 2023
Land Transport Revenue
Refuse under section 18(d) as
System
the information is publicly
available
2.
21 August 2024
Transport Assets Indicative
Withheld in full under 9(2)(i)
Valuation and Viability of
Concessions
3.
4 December 2024
ECO-24-MIN-0293 Toll Road
Refuse under section 18(d) as
Concession Opportunities
the information is soon to be
publicly available
4.
12 February 2025
PPP Procurement for SH1
Withheld in part under 9(2)(a)
Warkworth to Te Hana - Briefing
and 9(2)(i)
5.
5 March 2025
ECO-25-MIN-0018 PPP
Refuse under section 18(d) as
Procurement for Section 1 of the
the information is soon to be
Northland Corridor
publicly available
Document 1 is being refused under section 18(d) as it is already published online
here. Document 2 is being withheld in full under 9(2)(i).
Document 3 is being refused at this time as it is due to be published soon.
Certain information in document 4 is withheld under the following sections of the Act:
9(2)(a)
to protect the privacy of natural persons
9(2)(i)
to enable a Minister of the Crown or any public service agency or organisation
holding the information to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage,
commercial activities
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Document 5 is being refused at this time as it is due to be published soon.
With regard to the information that has been withheld under section 9 of the Act, I am satisfied that
the reasons for withholding the information at this time are not outweighed by public interest
considerations that would make it desirable to make the information available.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman, in
accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details can be found on the Ombudsman’s
websit
e www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
The Ministry publishes our Official Information Act responses, and the information contained in our
reply to you may be published on the Ministry’s website. Before publishing we will remove any
personal or identifiable information.
Nāku noa, nā
Mark Hodge
Manager, Transport Financing
transport.govt.nz | hei-arataki.nz
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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
TE MANAT0 WAKA
12 February 2025
OC250000
Hon Chris Bishop
Action required by:
Minister of Transport
Monday, 17 February 2025
CABINET PAPER: PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) PROCUREMENT FOR
SHl WARKWORTH TO TE HANA
Purpose
This briefing seeks your feedback on a Cabinet paper requesting endorsement to proceed with an
Expression of Interest (EOI) for a Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement for SHl Warkworth to
Te Hana (Annex 1). Subject to your feedback we recommend you undertake abbreviated Ministerial
and Departmental consultation from 18 to 25 February to support lodgement on 27 February 2025.
1982
Key points
•
GPS 2024 identifies a number of Roads of National Significance (RoNS) and the attached
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Cabinet paper advances the section of State Highway 1 from Warkworth to Te Hana (W2TH).
•
Treasury and the Ministry of Transport have reviewed the advance copy of the Investment
Case and provided you with our assessment (T2025/260 / OC250092 refers). 9 -(2/(iJ
•
At your officials meeting on 11 February 2025, you indicated that you and the Minister of
Finance intend to progress the Cabinet paper noting the concerns above. We consider there
is sufficient information for you to proceed to Ministerial and Departmental consultation on
your Cabinet paper, noting that some information may change between now and lodgement
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as the NZTA Board are meeting on 21 February.
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•
Given the high cost and risk associated with this project, we recommend you require a report
back to the Infrastructure and Investment Ministers Group at the end of EOI with any
material changes that could impact Cabinet approval at financial close. We also recommend
you request NZTA provide you with the information gathered through EOI and 9(2T(i)
•
The accelerated timeframe for this project has highlighted areas that require further
attention for future RoNS to help mitigate risks as projects progress through their lifecycle -
the Ministry intends to work with the Treasury and NZTA on how we can improve future
processes.
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Draft Cabinet (ECO) paper: PPP procurement for SH1 Warkworth to Te Hana
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