This page relates to the 2024–27 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

To support achieving the Minister of Transport’s expectations set out in the Government Policy Statement on land transport (GPS) 2024, general terms and conditions apply to the approval by us (NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) as investor) of funding from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) during the 2024–27 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) period.

Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024(external link)

Terms and conditions

  1. The following terms and conditions apply to our (NZTA as investor) approval of funding from the NLTF during the 2024–27 NLTP period for approved activities carried out by an approved organisation or NZTA (for its own activities).
  2. The approved organisation or NZTA (for its own activities):

2.1        must comply with all the general requirements and conditions set out on NZTA’s website (as amended from time to time in the 2024–27 NLTP investment requirements in this knowledge base) applying to organisations who receive NLTF funding for approved activities, and any other conditions that we attach to funding of any activity (including those conditions communicated to approved organisations when advising indicative funding allocations for continuous programmes);

2024–27 NLTP investment requirements

2.2        must take all reasonable and practicable steps available to it to support it:

(a)        meeting the Minister of Transport’s expectations for the land transport sector set out in section 5 of the GPS 2024 (including as those expectations are communicated in writing by us for particular types of funding or activity); and

(b)        satisfying any other requirements and conditions specified by us in relation to an approved activity and a particular ministerial expectation; and

2.3        must comply with any self-assessment and reporting requirements linked to ministerial expectations (referred to below).

  1. We may develop (and update) and provide to approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities):

3.1        other specific requirements to achieve ministerial expectations (including measures to assess whether an approved organisation is making appropriate progress); and

3.2        self-assessment and reporting requirements to demonstrate the steps that an approved organisation has taken to meet relevant expectations and any specific requirements.

  1. If we determine that:

4.1        the steps taken (or the progress being made) by an approved organisation or NZTA (for its own activities, to meet relevant expectations or any specific requirement is not satisfactory; or

4.2        an approved organisation or NZTA (for its own activities) has failed to comply with the self-assessment and reporting requirements,

we may, at our discretion:

4.3        require the approved organisation or NZTA (for its own activities) to provide further information to us and/or propose how it will address or remedy the matter;

4.4        amend the funding approval for the relevant approved activities to lower the amount of funding approved; and/or

4.5        withhold (or make subject to additional supplemental conditions) funding for that approved activity.