Proactive releases

List of all briefings sent to the Minister and Associate Minister of Transport in April 2026.

List of all briefings sent to the Minister and Associate Minister of Transport in March 2026.

Maritime Levy Review Cabinet paper.

This release includes. 

• OC260182 Minimising Freight Disruption
• OC260197 Fuel Specification Talking Points for Cabinet - Aide Memoire
• OC260249: Aide Memoire: Reduction of Fuel Excise Duty and Road User Charges
• OC260208 Meeting with Public Transport Authorities - 23 March 2026 - Briefing -Meeting
• OC260217 Meeting with the Freight Advisory Council - Briefing – Meeting
• OC260212 Public Transport - Options to provide targeted household support – Briefing

The Ministry of Transport works with counterparts in partner countries, and with stakeholders across the private sector, to facilitate and encourage the shift to zero-emission shipping.

To help facilitate the shift to zero-emission shipping, the Ministry commissioned Concept Consulting to identify barriers to zero-emission shipping in New Zealand’s regulatory system and propose high-level remedies.

The report was completed in 2024. It was intended to inform the Ministry, as well as other relevant government agencies, on where changes to the regulatory regime may be needed to support an orderly transition to zero-emission shipping.

Centralised SAR Aviation Coordination Trial Evaluation Report prepared for New Zealand Search and Rescue.

This paper informed the Government’s decision, in March 2026, to authorise both the Air New Zealand and Air China strategic alliance agreement, and the Qantas Airways and American Airlines joint business agreement.

This paper informed the Government’s decision, in November 2025, to propose authorising both the Air New Zealand and Air China strategic alliance agreement, and the Qantas Airways and American Airlines joint business agreement.

This paper informed the Government’s decision, in March 2026, to authorise the Qantas Airways and American Airlines joint business agreement.

This paper informed the Government’s decision, in March 2026, to authorise the Air New Zealand and Air China strategic alliance agreement.

Cabinet paper to cover costs of extending air traffic control services at RNZAF Base Ohakea.

This release includes:

• Cabinet Paper Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2026 and Land Transport (Regulatory Fees) Amendment Regulations 2026
• Cabinet Legislation Committee Minute of Decision LEG-26-MIN-0057

List of all briefings sent to the Minister and Associate Minister of Transport in February 2026.

This release includes:

• Cabinet Paper Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill: Policy Decisions to Support Compliance with Proposed Rail Investigation Powers
• Cabinet Business Committee Minute of Decision CBC-25-MIN-0057
• Cabinet Minute of Decision CAB-25-MIN-0388
• Regulatory Impact Statement: Reactive Rail Investigatory Powers – Offences and Penalties
• OC250849 Advice on Introducing Offences and Penalties for the New Reactive Rail Investigatory Powers

This release includes:

• Cabinet Paper Tauranga Eastern Link – Updating the Tolling Order
• Cabinet Economic Policy Committee Minute of Decision
• Cabinet Minute of Decision