OIA2024-139 and 140
Via FYI.org
Dear Adrian
OIA Response
Thank you for your requests under the Official Information Act (OIA) asking for:
1. Cost expended with the ECI Contractor (Downer and HEB) between February 2023 and the closing of the
Project.
2. Can you please provide me with a breakdown in connection with the above costs.
3. Can you please provide evidence that these costs were approved in accordance with KiwiRail's delegations
of Authority, noting that al of these costs were outside of the budget?
and
1. Cost expended with the Design and Engineering Consultants (Jacobs and WSP) between February 2023
and the closing of the Project.
2. Can you please provide me with a breakdown in connection with the above costs.
3. Can you please provide evidence that these costs were approved in accordance with KiwiRail's delegations
of Authority, noting that al of these costs were outside of the budget?
Please find our response below.
Questions 1&2 – Costs expended and costs breakdowns.
Please be advised we are declining this information under Section 9(2)(i) and 9(2)(b)(ii) – as to release this
information would prejudice the commercial position of KiwiRail and of third parties.
However, an estimate of the costs to settle was provided in our half year results. These can be found here -
https:/ www.kiwirail.co.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/Annual-reports/2024/Half-Year-Report-KiwiRail-
Holdings-Limited-2024.pdf
A final figure is expected to be released in our Annual Report which wil be publicly available on KiwiRail’s
website in late September.
Questions 3 – We can confirm that al contracts were approved within under policy and KiwiRail’s delegated
financial authority process and within project funding provided to KiwiRail.
However, to provide the evidence would again be subject to Section 9(2)(i) and 9(2)(b)(ii) – commercial
activities of KiwiRail and of third parties.
This decision has been made under the OIA, as such 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 website:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Yours sincerely
Dave Allard
Senior Government Relations Advisor, KiwiRail
www.kiwirail.co.nz | 0800 801 070
Wel ington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wel ington 6011
Private Bag 39988, Lower Hutt 5045, New Zealand