Proactive releases

This release includes:

• Cabinet paper regarding the cessation of work on levy funded emergency ocean response capability in the Cook Strait

This release includes:

• Cabinet Paper - Nelson/Tasman weather radar funding
• Cabinet Economic Policy Committee Minute - ECO-25-MIN-0160
• Cabinet Minute - CAB-25-MIN-0360

This release includes. 

• Cabinet Paper - Chatham Islands Replacement Shipping Service – Selecting a preferred supplier
• Chatham Islands Shipping RFP Public consultation summary
• Cabinet Economic Policy minute - ECO-25-MIN-0150
• Cabinet minute - CAB-25-MIN-0324

This release includes:

• Consultation approach: Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness A reform

This release includes:

• Aide memoire: Options to speed up the review of Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness A for light vehicles

This release includes:

• Approach to review of Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness A for light vehicles

This release includes:

• Approval to commence public consultation on changes to Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness

This release includes:

• Preliminary assessment of compliance cost and safety effects of WOF/COF policy changes to support the RIA process

This release includes:

• Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Review of Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness A requirements for light vehicles

This release includes the briefing showing approval to consult on the heavy vehicle regulatory framework.

This is the Interim Regulatory Impact Statement for heavy vehicles productivity.

The Ministry of Transport commissioned GHD in 2023 to undertake a scoping study to identify potential methodologies to be employed to upgrade the National Freight Demand Study (NFDS). The NFDS is a research report published at intervals by the Ministry to provide data on freight movements within New Zealand.

This release includes:

• Cabinet Paper - Supporting Advanced Aviation - Offences and Penalties
• Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee minute - EXP-25-MIN-0072
• Cabinet minute - CAB-25-MIN-0263

• OC250412 - Road User Charges Exemption for Heavy Electric Vehicles – Briefing
• OC205446 – Draft Cabinet Paper: The Road User Charges Exemption for Heavy Electric Vehicles – Briefing
• Regulatory Impact Statement: The Road User Charges Exemption for Heavy Electric Vehicles
• OC250615 – Cabinet paper for Lodging: Road User Charges Exemption for Heavy Electric Vehicles – Briefing
• Cabinet Paper: Road User Charges Exemption for Heavy Electric Vehicles
• EXP-25-MIN-0062: Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee Minute of Decision
• CAB-25-MIN-0234: Cabinet Minute of Decision

This release includes:

• Regulatory Impact Statement: Road User Charges Exemption for Heavy Vehicles

This release includes.

• Cabinet Paper: Changes to appropriations to implement concessionary loans for public electric vehicle charging
• EXP-25-MIN-0077
• CAB-25-MIN-0280

This release includes –

• Cabinet Paper - Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill – strengthening the efficiency of the transport system
• Cabinet Economic Policy Committee minute – EXP-25-MIN-0034
• Cabinet minute - CAB-25-MIN-0086
• Regulatory System (Transport) Amendment Bill 2025 – Approval for Introduction
• Cabinet Economic Policy Committee minute – LEG-25-MIN-0136
• Cabinet minute - CAB-25-MIN-0240