22 June 2021
Tony Randle
By email: [FYI request #15539 email]
Dear Tony
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):
Request for Information
I refer to your email of 24 May 2021 requesting information on PTOM patronage data
and subsidies. Your request has been referred to me to reply.
Please find patronage data below (note this is shown from December 2020 because
these units commenced on 29 November 2020)
Apr-
May-
Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
21
21
Unit 1: North -
South Services
127405 113622 141122 168865 135660 156103
Unit 2 East - West
Services inc 87
173339 152571 188780 223229 181008 206167
Unit 3: Northwest
- Southeast
Services inc 86
158781 144229 170699 203124 165205 187042
Unit 4: Northeast -
Southwest
Services
107610 94435 117868 140016 114366 131867
Unit 5: Cross
Suburban
169854 142275 178921 212263 164787 193379
Unit 6: Ferry
Services
11545 16321 11457
10739 12983
9957
Unit 7: School
Services 1
4361
12 20321
27745
9875 22668
Unit 8: School
Services 2
4157
0 18022
24029
9426 20472
757052 663465 847190 1010010 793310 927655
We do not calculate a subsidy based on Unit. The subsidy provided by Government
and Rates is calculated based on total network patronage and revenue estimates.
Funding is calculated across the entire Public Transport service regardless of Unit
structure.
Public transport services in New Zealand is funded through three sources:
File Number: GOVE/INQU/OMBU/2069C
• User fares
• Local rates
• Government grants
The net cost for public transport contracted services (gross contract cost minus fares)
is funded 49% from rates and 51% from government grants via Waka Kotahi NZTA.
You wil be aware that if you are not satisfied with this response, you are able to refer
this matter to the Of ice of the Ombudsman under s27(3) of the LGOIMA.
Please be advised that we now put LGOIMA responses that are in the public interest
onto our website. No personal details of the requester are given, but we do summarise
the essence of the request alongside the response.
Should you require any further information or clarification, please do not hesitate to
contact Lil ian Sewell in the first instance
(lil [email address] or 033677340).
Yours sincerely,
Katherine Harbrow
Director Operations
File Number: GOVE/INQU/OMBU/2069C
