This page relates to the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme.
This is the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) policy on the NZTA Board’s delegations to authority to make funding decisions.
Date of issue: June 2021│Updated August 2023│NZTA may review and amend investment policies at any time, including in response to any changes in the Government Policy Statement on land transport.
To ensure decisions related to funding from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) are made by people with the delegated authority to do so.
All decisions related to transport investments that receive funding from the NLTF must be made by people with the delegated authority to make those decisions.
The NZTA Board has approved a general instrument of delegation to delegate statutory functions and powers of NZTA (as investor) at two levels of delegation:
NZTA staff should refer to the Delegations page on the intranet for the current delegations, instruments of delegation to ensure full understanding of the delegations.
The NZTA Board has agreed that approved organisations may apply to receive delegated power to make funding approvals for small improvement projects up to an approved maximum amount for the construction/implementation cost per activity. The Board’s agreement to such a delegation is subject to the approved organisation entering into a formal agreement with us. The formal agreement will set the amount of the delegated funding authority, which must not be more than $15 million for the construction/implementation cost per activity. Before entering into the agreement, the NZTA Chief Executive must ensure a number of conditions are met, such as the approved organisation demonstrating it has the required capability, processes and systems to exercise the delegations competently.
We require our investment partners to be fully accountable for all decisions and actions made under delegation. Investment partners must apply the policies and processes set out in this knowledge base, including the Investment Prioritisation Method, to achieve desired outcomes and the best value for money.
We will review a sample of investment decisions made under delegation and expect that approved organisations will also monitor and report their performance in the exercise of their delegation.
Approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities) have delegated authority to manage activities within a funding approved programme, which includes the authority to transfer approved allocated funds between work categories within the programme and within the same activity class, subject to terms and conditions formally advised by us. The exception to this is funding allocated for named bridge renewals using work category 216 due to the fact these are part of national bridge renewal programme. Funds not used can then be reallocated for other bridge renewal purposes.
Work category 216: bridge and structures renewals
These programmes include:
