Budget 2025: Transport initiatives

Through Budget 2025, the Government has confirmed a $835.6 million investment in roads, rail, air and maritime. Funding initiatives include:

$461 million to support KiwiRail to carry out maintenance and renewals on the national rail network
$143.6 million to support KiwiRail to upgrade and maintain metropolitan rail networks in Auckland and Wellington for a further two years
$219 million to repair local roads damaged in the 2023 North Island Weather Events
$6.3 million to cover the Crown's obligations to part fund essential capital works and operating losses for five regional (Joint Venture) airports
$5.7 million to fund new digital maritime navigation and safety tools to enable more precise navigation