In August last year following the Government’s purchase of Toll Holdings’ New Zealand rail and ferry businesses, a group appointed by the last Government, prepared a series of papers on the key issues facing the rail industry.
The Group was called the Rail Development Group. The papers it prepared for the Government covered industry structure, the process for purchasing the business, emerging issues, levels of Government subsidy and capital expenditure projections.
While the information the papers contain is now historical in that they were prepared before the full impact of the global credit crunch was felt in New Zealand, the issues raised remain relevant. Information in the RDG papers formed the basis for KiwiRail’s Briefing to Incoming Ministers, Business Overview and Review of Strategic Issues for Shareholding Ministers, released publicly earlier this year.
Some of the content of the following documents has been deleted where this is considered necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons or where the information is commercially sensitive.
Letter from Rt Hon Jim Bolger to the Minister of Finance, Hon Dr Michael Cullen
21 August 2008
Report1: Structural Issues.pdf
21 August 2008
Report 2: Subsidy.pdf
21 August 2008
Report 3: Rail investment; Key Emerging Issues.pdf
21 August 2008
Report 4: Capital Investment.pdf
21 August 2008
Report 5: Outline Purchase Contract and Financial Model.pdf
21 August 2008