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24 March 2026
T Hayden
[FYI request #33899 email]
[email address]
REF: OIA-21314
Dear T Hayden
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your emails of 28 February and 4 March 2026 requesting the following information
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to request the number of staff in public relations or communications roles at the New
Zealand Transport Agency for 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
I would also like to request the number of contractors in public relations or communications roles
at the New Zealand Transport Agency for 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
For the years covered by your request, the latest data which NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
(NZTA) holds is up to 30 June 2025, which is provided to you in the table below:
Year
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
Total Full Time
Equivalent (FTE)
34
42
36.1
35.1
79.7
64.075
staff
Contractors /
0
1
7
7
8.4
8
consultant
There has been a fluctuation in FTEs over this time, depending upon the work programme NZTA is
required to deliver by the government of the day.
NZTA also reports this information on an annual basis to the Transport and Infrastructure Select
Committee as part of our Annual Review process. The latest publicly available reporting to the
Committee covers the 2019/2020 to 2023/24 period. This is publicly available at:
https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCTIN_EVI_822dc7f1-32a1-4193-6503-
08dcfd0f043f_TIN1990/00d2590bc5c5db9bcb43923257d658f1e6a0f5ed
In line with NZTA policy, this response wil soon be published on our website, with personal
information removed.
If you would like to discuss this reply with NZTA, please contact Ministerial Services by email to
[NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Lauren Cooke
National Manager, Marketing and Communications
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