Dear Ministry of Transport,

In February 2023 and, after running a tender process on the Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS), the Ministry of Transport appointed the engineering firm Tonkin & Taylor to undertake a technical feasibility study on the Manukau Harbour. This was allocated a budget of c.3 million dollars. In awarding the contract the MOT stated that the study is expected to be completed in 12 months. According to this schedule the report is now c.9 months late. It is understood that there were difficulties completing the peer review but this has now been completed. Could you please advise
1) Current status of this report
2) When the final report will be released.

Yours faithfully,
Tony Boyle

Dear Callum Gill,
Unfortunately this is not a useful response.
It will soon be a full year since this report was scheduled to be completed. Even allowing for an average amount of slippage the delay is far from helpful. There are a number of interested parties who have an interest in this report. Unfortunately it appears that those responsible within the MOT either are not aware of how it fits into the Upper North Is port study or do not have the experience to understand the importance of this tax payer funded piece of research.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Boyle