Official Information Act Response 20160298

Reference: 20160298

2 September 2016

Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 4 August 2016. You requested the following:

I request all documents relating to the appointment process of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, as announced on 1 August 2016 - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1608/S00017/infrastructure-advisory-board- appointments.htm

Information Being Released

Please find enclosed the following documents:

Item Date Document Description Decision

1. 29 January Treasury Report: Future role of the National Release in part 2016 Infrastructure Advisory Board

2. 17 March Treasury Report: Finalising the Future Role of the Release in part 2016 National Infrastructure Advisory Board

3. 4 April 2016 Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Release in part Board: Commencement of Appointments Process

4. 10 May 2016 Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Release in part Board: Candidate Shortlisting

5. 7 June 2016 Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Release in part Board: Update after Due Diligence Process

6. 21 June 2016 Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Release in part Board: Documentation to Confirm Appointments

7. 27 June 2016 Aide Memoire: National Infrastructure Advisory Release in part Board: Appointments (at APH Committee 28 June 2016)

I have decided to release the documents listed above, subject to information being withheld under one or more of the following sections of the Official Information Act, as applicable:

• section 9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons,

• section 9(2)(ba)(i) – to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied, and

• section 9(2)(g)(i) – to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions.

In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Official Information Act.

Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed documents may be published on the Treasury website.

This fully covers the information you requested. You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.

Yours sincerely

Ngaire Best Team Leader - Governance & Performance

OIA 20160298 Documents being Released

1. Treasury Report: Future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board 1 2. Treasury Report: Finalising the Future Role of the National Infrastructure Advisory 15 Board 3. Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Commencement of 29 Appointments Process 4. Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Candidate Shortlisting 48 5. Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Update after Due 61 Diligence Process 6. Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Documentation to 67 Confirm Appointments 7. Aide Memoire: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Appointments (at APH 83 Committee 28 June 2016)

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Treasury Report: Future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Date: 29 January 2016 Report No: T2016/9 File Number: SH-11-5-10-0

Action Sought

Action Sought Deadline Minister of Finance Agree to the recommendations. Friday 5 February 2016 (Hon Bill English)

Contact for Telephone Discussion (if required)

Name Position Telephone 1st Contact Annie Chen Analyst, National 04 890 7447 (wk) s9(2)(a)  Infrastructure Unit

David Taylor Manager, National 04 917 6975 (wk) Infrastructure Unit

Actions for the Minister’s Office Staff (if required)

Return the signed report to Treasury.

Note any feedback on the quality of the report

Enclosure: YES (attached) Annex 1: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Terms of Reference - April 2014 (Treasury:2874272) Annex 2: Board letter on role to Minister of Finance - Dec 2015 (Treasury:3359968) Annex 3: NIAB Members and terms of appointment (Treasury:3339939) Add to worklist

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Treasury Report: Future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Executive Summary

On 15 December 2015, the Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (the Board), Mr Lindsay Crossen wrote to you with the Board’s view on the future purpose of the Board and the National Infrastructure Unit.

The Board believes that their role should continue as they believe they continue to add value and support New Zealand infrastructure investment.

The Board would like to meet with you early this year to discuss their future role, your thinking on their future role and how the Board can support your key infrastructure priorities.

Consideration of the future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board is timely following the release of the 2015: Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan (the Plan) in August 2015 and the expiry of terms of four out of eight Board member positions, including the Chair, in April 2016.

We believe that the Board has a role in working with Government on implementation planning and delivery, monitoring and holding agencies and stakeholders to account on the progress of the Plan; pushing forward the infrastructure policy debate and as a visible public presence in support of infrastructure reform.

We believe that the Board should continue and that you should meet with the Board to discuss their views and also seek the views of strategic partners before you make your final decision on the Board’s future role.

Recommended Action

We recommend that you: a agree to meet with the National Infrastructure Advisory Board to discuss their future role and responsibilities.

Agree/disagree. b agree to seek the views of strategic partners on the future role and responsibilities of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

Agree/disagree.

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c agree to inform your Ministerial colleagues that you are examining the future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board through an agenda item at the next Infrastructure Ministers meeting.

Agree/disagree.

David Taylor Manager, National Infrastructure Unit

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Treasury Report: Future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Purpose of Report

1. The purpose of this report is to provide advice on the future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (the Board) in the context of the release of the 2015: Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan (the Plan) in August 2015 and the expiry of the terms of four out of eight Board member positions, including the Chair, in April 2016.

Background

Role of the Board

2. The Board was established by Cabinet in 2009 to provide independent expert advice to the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU) and the Minister to facilitate and encourage infrastructure investment and capital asset management practices that contribute to long-term sustainable economic growth.

3. At its establishment, a key priority of the Board was to assist with the development of the first National Infrastructure Plan mainly through thought and intellectual leadership and connecting the NIU to stakeholders outside Government. Latterly, the Board has played a key role in promoting and advocating for the Plan and helping guide the story, key messages and structure of the 2015 Plan.

4. The Board consists of members from the private sector and outside central government and a key role for the Board is to engage with the private sector, local government and other stakeholders. The full role of the Board is outlined in the Board’s Terms of Reference which was last updated in April 2014 (Annex 1).

National Infrastructure Advisory Board Letter

5. On 15 December 2015, the Chair of the National the Board, Mr Lindsay Crossen wrote to you with the Board’s view on the future role of the Board and the NIU. This report provides advice on the future role of the Board.

6. In his letter, the Chair noted that since its establishment in 2009, the Board’s role and membership has changed as infrastructure issues have become better understood and as the National Infrastructure Plans have developed from a stronger evidence base. A copy of the letter is at Annex 2.

7. The Chair has asked to meet with you early this year to discuss their potential role and how it could support your key priorities in the infrastructure space. We recommend that you meet with the Board.

Board appointments

8. The Board is comprised of eight members, with seven current members and one vacancy due to the retirement of Dr Terence Heiler in November 2015.

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9. In April 2016, the terms of four Board members, including the Chair will expire. The Chair has noted that he will not be seeking a further term and the Board will require a new Chair to continue. The terms of the current Board and Chair are at Annex 3.

10. The expiry of the terms of four out of the seven current members will give you an opportunity to revisit the membership of the Board and through this membership, redirect the Board’s focus.

11. The Board is classified as a Group 4 board under the Cabinet-approved Fees Framework for Members of Statutory and Other Bodies Appointed by the Crown. However, given the desire to attract and appoint high-quality candidates the Minister of State Services supports the exceptional daily fee of $950 for the Chair and $750 for the members of the Advisory Board.

National Infrastructure Unit

12. The NIU was established in 2009 to deliver the Government’s objectives relating to infrastructure. The NIU is based within Treasury, and its responsibilities include formulating, and monitoring progress on, a National Infrastructure Plan and providing support to, and acting as a secretariat for, the Board.

Analysis

13. To date, we believe that the Board has been effective in challenging the NIU’s thinking and acting as a conduit for engaging with the broader community. Issues we believe the Board have been most effective in promoting include demand and asset management, regional integrated long-term planning and procurement and infrastructure funding and financing.

14. In the lead up to the publication of the 2015 Plan, the Board encouraged debate on infrastructure issues in the broader community. The Board published a demand management think piece in September 2013 and facilitated discussion of the Plan during the New Zealand Infrastructure Forum in March 2015.

15. When the Plan was released in August 2015, the Board was active in publically promoting the Plan to a diverse range of stakeholders across local government and industry bodies which helped lead to the positive reception of the Plan in the broader community.

16. With the release of the Plan in August 2015, there is an opportunity to review the role of the Board. We believe that the Board should continue to operate but that its future role should have an increased focus on: implementation planning and delivery; monitoring and holding agencies and stakeholders to account on the progress of the Plan; pushing forward the infrastructure policy debate and acting as a visible public presence in support of infrastructure reform.

17. The Board’s focus could be redirected by updating the current terms of reference, last updated in April 2014, and also by revising the membership of the Board.

18. Additionally, the presence of the Board signals to those outside of Government, that the Government is committed to infrastructure provision and is open to listening to the views of the broader community. If you were to discontinue the Board, we anticipate strong negative reactions from industry.

19. To this effect, to ensure that consideration of the role of the Board is a collaborative process we believe there is value in you writing to strategic partners to seek their views on the role of the Board and the preferred skills of the Board. These strategic partners

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are: Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID), Business NZ, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) NZ, and Water Zealand.

20. We also recommend that you inform your Ministerial colleagues that you are examining the future role of the Board through an agenda item at the next Infrastructure Ministers meeting.

Next Steps

21. Should you agree to our recommendation to send letters to strategic partners, the NIU will prepare a letter for your signature to send in early February. The letter will focus on asking strategic partners what they think the future role of the Board should be and their views on the necessary skills for Board members and will ask for a response by the end of February.

22. Should you agree to our recommendation to meet with the Board, we will schedule a meeting with you and the Board in early to mid March. This would give you an opportunity to consider any feedback from strategic partners ahead of meeting with the Board.

23. After the proposed meeting with you and the Board, and receiving views on the future role of the Board, the NIU will finalise the role of the Board with an updated terms of reference and will brief you through an aide memoire.

24. The Governance and Performance team in Treasury will then send a commencement report for you to agree to commence the appointments process. This report will include our recommendation on the Chair of the Board, reappointments and position specifications for potential candidates.

25. We expect the appointment process to take up to three months and run to June. This process will include a call for nominations from strategic partners in addition to nominating agencies, Caucus, support parties, and provide for self nomination through the Treasury appointments database. .As the Board was established by Cabinet and not referred to in legislation, there are no statutory restrictions on extending the terms of board members should this be necessary.

26. After the conclusion of the appointment process, we expect the next meeting of the Board to be scheduled in July.

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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD TERMS OF REFERENCE

April 2014

Background

The Government has set four key priorities to deliver a stronger and more prosperous New Zealand: • Responsibly managing the Government’s finances • Building a more productive and competitive economy • Delivering better public services within tight fiscal constraints • Supporting the rebuilding of Christchurch

The Government considers that properly targeted and coordinated investment in infrastructure can make a strong contribution to Building a more productive and competitive economy. Lifting productivity and competitiveness is critical to creating business opportunities, more jobs and higher wages, and ultimately the higher living standards to which New Zealanders aspire.

For this reason, the Government has included Building Infrastructure as a key workstream in the Business Growth Agenda, central to achieving the priority of Building a more productive and competitive economy.

Likewise, infrastructure plays a major role in the other priorities - the significant sums invested in rebuilding the horizontal infrastructure of Christchurch, the most effective utilisation of the over $115 billion of assets on the Crown balance sheet, and taking a more strategic and planned approach to infrastructure investment with a greater focus on delivering services and outcomes.

Infrastructure refers to the fixed, long-lived structures that facilitate the production of goods and services and underpin many aspects of quality of life. Infrastructure is made up of physical networks, principally transport, water, energy, communications and social assets.

Infrastructure forms the backbone of all New Zealand communities, and every New Zealander needs a greater level of confidence about infrastructure provision, costs and service levels. Infrastructure provides the supporting networks demanded by a growing economy and it catalyses growth by creating new economic opportunities – high quality infrastructure attracts industry and business to New Zealand.

To support the delivery of these goals, the Government established a National Infrastructure Unit and a National Infrastructure Advisory Board in 2009. A key priority was to develop a National Infrastructure Plan, the first was published in 2010 followed up with a second edition in 2011.

In the National Infrastructure Plan, the Government committed to the following vision:

By 2030 New Zealand’s infrastructure is resilient and coordinated and contributes to economic growth and increased quality of life.

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The National Infrastructure Unit

The National Infrastructure Unit has been established as an operationally-integrated but separately- branded unit of the Treasury. The Unit is headed by a Manager who reports to the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury. The role of the Unit is to:

• facilitate a long-term infrastructure strategy for New Zealand through the formulation and implementation of a 20-year National Infrastructure Plan;

• support robust cross-government frameworks for best-practice infrastructure project appraisal, investment, and capital asset management, and monitor the implementation and use of those frameworks;

• contribute to the Government’s regulatory reform agenda by identifying regulatory barriers to more efficient and effective infrastructure investment, particularly private-sector investment, and work with the relevant agencies to remove those barriers;

• maintain detailed oversight on a small number of large, nationally significant infrastructure projects, where requested by Ministers;

• provide day-to-day second-opinion policy advice and ministerial support to the Minister of Finance and to Cabinet on the range of infrastructure issues that arise;

• provide support to and act as a secretariat for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board; and

• act as point of contact and source of information for stakeholders in the private sector, at all levels of government, and for members of the general public, on government infrastructure policies and actions.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board comprises a small group of suitably-qualified and connected people from outside central government. The Board provides independent expert advice to the National Infrastructure Unit and to the Minister of Finance.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board:

• acts as an independent source of information and new policy thinking, a sounding board for the National Infrastructure Unit’s policy ideas, and a source of quality review for major National Infrastructure Unit outputs – including the development and implementation of the National Infrastructure Plan;

• acts as a conduit for engagement with the private sector, local government and other stakeholders outside central government, in order to, for example, facilitate discussion about regulatory barriers to infrastructure investment and opportunities for partnership;

• promotes best-practice in the evaluation, funding and delivery of infrastructure; and

• assists the Unit to monitor progress towards government infrastructure objectives.

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Objective

The objective of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board is to facilitate and encourage infrastructure planning, investment, and capital asset management practices that contribute to long- term sustainable economic growth and increased quality of life.

Work programme

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board will contribute primarily to the following aspects of the infrastructure work programme:

• providing advice on and support to the National Infrastructure Unit’s high-level work programme;

• the development, implementation and monitoring of the Government’s 20-year National Infrastructure Plan. Specifically, the Board will oversee and:

o monitor progress against the 2011 Plan’s outcomes, and contribute to an annual report detailing this progress; and

o advise on development of the next Plan, due in 2015.

• the healthy partnership that government wishes to establish between central government and the infrastructure sector (investors, constructors, owners, operators, and users), including local government.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board will not become involved in all aspects of the work of the National Infrastructure Unit or related work of the Treasury. It will not, for example, be involved in the following work areas:

• advice to ministers on the annual Budget, including analysis of departmental bids and advice on the capital allowance;

• advice to ministers on debt management;

• Vote management;

• relationship management with line agencies; and

• day-to-day second opinion advice on infrastructure-related policy (transport, communications, energy etc).

Neither the National Infrastructure Advisory Board nor the National Infrastructure Unit will sponsor or make decisions about investment in individual infrastructure projects. Their purpose is not to act as gatekeepers for all government capital expenditure, nor usurp the role of other infrastructure- related departments.

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Relationships, Meetings and Resourcing

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board will have a relationship with the National Infrastructure Unit that facilitates partnership and the free-flow of ideas.

The first point of contact for substantive policy discussion will be the Manager National Infrastructure Unit. The secretariat will be available to respond to administrative queries.

Meetings of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board will be held as the work programme requires, but meeting frequency is expected to be around five times per calendar year. Meetings will normally be held in Wellington at the Treasury with at least one meeting each year held outside of Wellington.

The National Infrastructure Unit will provide secretariat support to the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, will organise meetings, the distribution of material, the recording of minutes, and will meet all reasonable associated meeting costs.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board will have available to it a direct line of communication with the Minister of Infrastructure. The purpose of this direct line of communication is to allow, from time to time, for robust differences of opinion between the National Infrastructure Advisory Board and the National Infrastructure Unit. However, the main line of communication will be through advice provided to the Ministers by the Unit. It is expected that the Board and Unit will make every reasonable effort to reconcile differences before separate advice is tendered to ministers.

Meetings between the National Infrastructure Advisory Board and the Minister of Finance will not be regularly scheduled, but will be held on an as-needed basis.

Conflicts of interest

It is anticipated that because of the deep links members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board have with the infrastructure and business sectors, conflicts of interest may arise from time to time. Conflicts of interest need to be declared as early as possible, and the Board, with support from the Unit, will develop a process for managing each conflict based on the specific circumstances.

The letter of appointment from the Minister of Finance to members outlines the expected process for declaring initial interests. This involves a central register of pecuniary interests that will be managed in confidence by the National Infrastructure Unit, and which Board members will be expected to keep up to date.

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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD

15 December 2015

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance Parliament Buildings Wellington [email protected]

National Infrastructure Advisory Board Role for 2016 and beyond

Dear Bill

This letter provides you with NIAB’s view on the purpose of the National Infrastructure Unit and valued roles that NIAB can contribute over the next few years, as you consider this issue and what is required to support the implementation and evolution of the Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan.

At our meeting on 30 November, the Board reflected on our role and what we saw as required for the next stages of the infrastructure journey. The following comments are some NIAB observations for your consideration.

The Thirty Year Plan has made a clear statement about infrastructure and has generally been well received. Many stakeholders and interested parties have expressed a clear desire to see both the philosophies of the Plan and the associated implementation of Actions progressed to achieve desirable outcomes.

NIAB advocates continuation of a strong and effective National Infrastructure Unit (centred in Treasury), to maintain an overview focus for infrastructure across all deliverers, facilitate and monitor progression of Action Plans, interpret emerging issues and their likely impact on infrastructure and development for the next Plan in 2018 (coinciding with Local Government Infrastructure Plans). It is important that momentum for progressing Plan actions is sustained to achieve desirable outcomes. NIU, with its collaborative involvement and networking developed during formulation of the recent Plan, is well positioned to add value and maintain infrastructure awareness throughout the many departments, agencies, and commercial entities.

In particular, developments such as progression of infrastructure resilience awareness, Regional infrastructure and integrated planning, demand management and infrastructure financing will need intelligent and capable centralised support just as capital asset management, PPP implementation, BBC development and similar now business as usual developments have in the past.

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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD

Since Cabinet established the NIAB in 2009, our role and membership has evolved. The initial focus was on the development of the first National Infrastructure Plan and the Board, under the Chairmanship of Dr Rod Carr, included Dr Arthur Grimes, Sir Ron Carter, Rob McLeod and Alex Sundakov. As the Plans and the National Infrastructure Unit have developed with evidence and issues better understood, the role of NIAB has shifted to a stronger organisational, operational and implementation focus with members increasingly drawn from Directors and Executives engaged in infrastructure provision.

We believe there remains a value proposition for NIAB and that it should continue. Some roles supporting this belief are;

 Continuing to look across the investment system with an infrastructure lens and in particular, has a specific role to challenge the National infrastructure Unit’s thinking and implementation of the plan, advise on priorities, monitor the delivery and hold Agencies and stakeholders to account on progress.

 Support for the continued advancement of infrastructure outcomes through understanding and reflecting ambition that the private sector has for the Plan and working with the Unit and across stakeholders to ensure the implementation delivers a tangible difference on the ground.

 Continue to have a high external and public presence, tapping into the wide range of networks across members, advocating for the step change in thinking the Plan sets out and advancing the debate in key policy areas, for example, demand management and road pricing, planning legislation and reform, local government and water service delivery, and procurement.

 During the next term, the contribution infrastructure can make and the consequential impacts on infrastructure from the recent Paris Environmental Accord will be a necessary focus as the 2018 Plan is formulated.

A key purpose of the Board is to provide independent expert advice to you so we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you early in the New Year to discuss these observations, your thinking on the future role of the Board and how it can support your key priorities in the infrastructure space.

Whether the Board continues and in what shape and role is a timely question considering the recent publication of the Plan, the retirement of Dr Terence Heiler from the Board last month and the expiry of terms for four other members’ at the end of April 2016. As one of these four, I will not be seeking a further term and the Board will require a new Chair if it continues as a valued contributor to the Infrastructure Plan and support for NIU as we advocate.

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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD

Kind regards

Lindsay C Crossen Chair National Infrastructure Advisory Board s9(2)(a)

cc. Gael Webster, Governance and Performance, Treasury, [email protected] Cath Atkins, Deputy Secretary, Treasury, [email protected]

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National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Mr Lindsay Cecil Crossen (Chairperson, service started: 15/05/2009) Term 1 Member 15/05/2009 19/06/2011 Term 2 Deputy Chairperson 20/06/2011 30/11/2013 Term 3 Chairperson 1/12/2013 30/04/2016

Mr Matthew Dearsley Skempton Birch (Member, service started: 26/06/2013) Term 1 Member 26/06/2013 30/04/2016

Mrs Margaret Patricia Devlin (Member, service started: 1/08/2011) Term 1 Member 1/08/2011 30/04/2014 Term 2 Member 1/05/2014 30/04/2017

Ms Kathryn Anne Edmonds (Member, service started: 1/08/2011) Term 1 Member 1/08/2011 19/06/2013 Term 2 Member 20/06/2013 30/04/2016

Mr Edward Alexander Guy (Member, service started: 1/08/2011) Term 1 Member 1/08/2011 30/04/2014 Term 2 Member 1/05/2014 30/04/2017

Mr Carl David Hansen (Member, service started: 1/05/2014) Term 1 Member 1/05/2014 30/04/2017

Dr Terence David Heiler (Member, service started: 15/05/2009) Term 1 Member 15/05/2009 15/05/2012 Term 2 Member 16/05/2012 30/04/2015 Term 3 Member 1/05/2015 30/11/2015 (term originally until 30 April 2016)

Mr John McFadyen Rae (Member, service started: 15/05/2009) Term 1 Member 15/05/2009 19/06/2011 Term 2 Member 20/06/2011 30/04/2014 Term 3 Member 1/05/2014 30/04/2016

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Treasury Report: Finalising the Future Role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Date: 17 March 2016 Report No: T2016/396 File Number: SH-11-5-10-0

Action Sought

Action Sought Deadline Minister of Finance Agree to the recommendations Wednesday 23 March 2016 (Hon Bill English)

Contact for Telephone Discussion (if required)

Name Position Telephone 1st Contact

David Taylor Manager, National 04 917 6975 (wk) s9(2)(a)  Infrastructure Unit

Rob Addison Senior Analyst, National 04 917 6966 Infrastructure Unit

Actions for the Minister’s Office Staff

Return the signed report to Treasury and send the attachments to the intended recipients.

Note any feedback on the quality of the report

Enclosure: Yes (attached)

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Treasury Report: Finalising the Future Role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Recommended Action

We recommend that you: a agree to sign the attached letter to National Infrastructure Advisory Board Chair Lindsay Crossen outlining the future direction for the Board

Agree/disagree b agree to sign the attached letters extending the terms of four Board members from 30 April 2016 to 31 July 2016

Agree/disagree c Note the updated terms of reference attached d Note that that Treasury will send you a commencement report in the coming weeks for you to agree to begin the appointments.

David Taylor Manager, National Infrastructure Unit

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Treasury Report: Finalising the Future Role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Purpose of Report

1. The purpose of this report is to finalise the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (‘the Board’) review process and inform you of next steps regarding replacing five of the eight Board positions.

Background

Future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board

2. On 15 December 2015, the Chair of the National the Board, Mr Lindsay Crossen wrote to you with the Board’s view on the future role of the Board and the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU). In February 2016, you then sought advice from the National Infrastructure Plan’s Strategic Partners on the Board’s future role. The advice from both the Board Chair and Strategic Partners was summarised in an aide memoire that was sent to you on 2 March 2016 [ref: T2016/312].

3. On 3 March 2016, you met with Board Chair Lindsay Crossen and Board Member John Rae to set out the future direction for the Board. The contents of your meeting is outlined in the attached response letter to Mr Crossen at appendix 1.

4. To summarise your conversation, you requested the Board to broadly operate in a similar function to how it has operated to date. This included ensuring that the Board continues to:

• provide environmental scans to you and the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU) • focus on the implementation and monitoring of the Plan, and • act as a public advocate for the Plan with the Board’s wide network of stakeholders.

5. However, you requested the Board to invest effort in particular themes and sectors, such as procurement, three waters, demand management and regional integrated planning.

Board appointments process

6. Of the Board’s eight positions, five appointments need to made:

• one appointment is due to the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr Terence Heiler in November 2015, and

• the terms of four other Board members, including the Chair, will expire at the end of April 2016. The Chair has noted that he will not be seeking a further term and the Board will require a new Chair to continue.

8. The updated terms of reference (included in appendix 2) will partly form the basis for seeking suitable candidates for the Board during the appointments process. The updated terms of reference reflect the future direction you have set for the Board.

9. The appointments process is not expected to be complete till approximately 1 August 2016. Because the terms of four members end in April 2016, we recommend extending

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their terms until 31 July 2016, allowing time for the appointments process to complete. Letters extending the terms of the Board members are attached at appendix 3. As the Board was established by Cabinet and not referred to in legislation, there are no statutory restrictions on extending the terms of board members.

Next Steps

10. If you agree to sign the attached letter to Board Chair Mr Crossen and note the terms of reference, the Board review process will be complete.

11. In the coming weeks, the Governance and Performance team in Treasury will send you a commencement report for you to agree to begin the appointments process. This report will include our recommendation on the Chair of the Board, reappointments and position specifications for potential candidates.

12. As noted above, the appointments process is expected to be complete by approximately 1 August 2016. Nominations are generally sought from Caucus, the Government’s support parties and nominating agencies (Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Ministry for Pacific Peoples and Te Puni Kokiri). You may also choose to seek nominations from the strategic partners.

13. The Treasury will provide you with more information on the appointments process when we send you the commencement report in the coming weeks.

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National Infrastructure Advisory Board C/- Chair, Lindsay Crossen s9(2)(a)

Dear Lindsay,

Thank you for your letter of 15 December 2015 and to you and Mr Rae for meeting me on 3 March 2016 to discuss the future role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (‘the Board’).

Our conversation was very informative and it helped me finalise the direction that I would like the Board to take over the next few years.

As you will be aware, I also recently discussed the future role of the Board with my ministerial colleagues and requested feedback from the Infrastructure Plan strategic partners.

Firstly, I would like to once again acknowledge the excellent job that the Board has done working with local government, the private sector and other government agencies to achieve better outcomes in infrastructure investment and management since the Board and the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU) were established.

The Board has also served as an external monitor to both me and the NIU, which has provided a valuable perspective as to how infrastructure policy decisions impact operators on the ground. I would like this to continue.

I consider it important that the Board continues to operate and build on the platform built to date. However, as we discussed, there are a number of areas that I would like the Board to place particular emphasis on.

Since the Board’s establishment in 2009, the Board’s role and membership has changed as infrastructure issues have become better understood and as the Infrastructure Plan have developed from a stronger evidence base.

Now that the 2015 Infrastructure Plan has been released, it is important that the Board is focused on implementation planning and delivery, monitoring and holding agencies and stakeholders to account on the progress of the Plan, pushing forward the infrastructure policy debate and acting as a visible public presence in support of infrastructure reform.

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There are also a number of themes and sector issues that I would like the Board to focus on. The first of these is for the Board to seek opportunities to strengthen the quality of the procurement across agencies. While agencies have generally improved their overall investment management practices in recent years, there is significant scope to drive better value and market response from how we procure major assets and provide a forward pipeline view of potential investments.

I would also like the Board to explore the opportunities that regional integrated planning may present for lifting the performance and efficiency of infrastructure networks within and across regions.

As we also discussed, to date there has been a lack of progress with regard to the effective management of the three waters sector. Increasing regulatory requirements, concerns over the level of renewals required and the lack of consolidated data and mature asset management practices mean this is a sector with scope for significant efficiency and performance gains.

Another area of focus that I would like the Board to focus on is the opportunity that demand management presents for the investment structure of future infrastructure. Demand management is particularly relevant to transport, water and the social sectors.

Finally, as I understand your term as Chair will soon end, I would like to thank you for your contribution to the Board. You have brought a strong industry and practitioners’ perspective to the Board and helped raise the profile of issues that are central to achieving the outcomes of the Infrastructure Plan. I wish you all the best for your future endeavours.

Yours sincerely,

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Lindsay Crossen Chair National Infrastructure Advisory Board s9(2)(a)

Dear Lindsay

I am writing with regard to your appointment as Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board which is due to end on 30 April 2016.

As you are aware the future purpose of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board has recently been reviewed.

There are currently four members of the Board whose terms expire 30 April 2016. I have decided to extend the term of all four members, including yourself, for a short period from 1 May 2016 to 31 July 2016 whilst the role of Board for the next period is finalised and the appointment process is undertaken.

Please confirm your acceptance of the extended term by signing the attached form and returning to my office at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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John Rae National Infrastructure Advisory Board s9(2)(a)

Dear John

I am writing with regard to your appointment as a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board which is due to end on 30 April 2016.

As you are aware the future purpose of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board has recently been reviewed.

Please confirm your acceptance of the extended term by signing the attached form and returning to my office at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Kathryn Edmonds National Infrastructure Advisory Board s9(2)(a)

Dear Kathryn

I am writing with regard to your appointment as a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board which is due to end on 30 April 2016.

As you are aware the future purpose of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board has recently been reviewed.

Please confirm your acceptance of the extended term by signing the attached form and returning to my office at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Matthew Birch National Infrastructure Advisory Board s9(2)(a)

Dear Matthew

I am writing with regard to your appointment as a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board which is due to end on 30 April 2016.

As you are aware the future purpose of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board has recently been reviewed.

Please confirm your acceptance of the extended term by signing the attached form and returning to my office at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Dear Minister

I acknowledge receipt of your letter extending my term as Chair and member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board for a period from 1 May 2016 up to 31 July 2016.

I undertake to advise you, via Treasury, of any change in my circumstances that may have an impact on my ability to continue to serve on the Board.

Yours sincerely

LINDSAY CROSSEN

Date:

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Dear Minister

I acknowledge receipt of your letter extending my term as member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board for a period from 1 May 2016 up to 31 July 2016.

I undertake to advise you, via Treasury, of any change in my circumstances that may have an impact on my ability to continue to serve on the Board.

Yours sincerely

JOHN RAE Date:

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Dear Minister

I acknowledge receipt of your letter extending my term as Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board for a period from 1 May 2016 up to 31 July 2016.

I undertake to advise you, via Treasury, of any change in my circumstances that may have an impact on my ability to continue to serve on the Board.

Yours sincerely

KATHRYN EDMONDS

Date:

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Dear Minister

I acknowledge receipt of your letter extending my term as Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board for a period from 1 May 2016 up to 31 July 2016.

I undertake to advise you, via Treasury, of any change in my circumstances that may have an impact on my ability to continue to serve on the Board.

Yours sincerely

MATTHEW BIRCH

Date:

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Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Commencement of Appointments Process

Date: 4 April 2016 Report No: T2016/388 File Number: CM-0-2-4-2016

Action Sought

Action Sought Deadline Minister of Finance Agree to the recommendations in Friday 8 April 2016 this report and sign letters (Hon Bill English)

Contact for Telephone Discussion (if required)

Name Position Telephone 1st Contact Gael Webster Senior Advisor, Governance 04 890 7228 s9(2)(a)  and Performance

Ngaire Best Team Leader, Governance 04 917 6074 and Performance

Actions for the Minister’s Office Staff (if required)

If signed, distribute letters and position specifications to Caucus, support parties and strategic partners as soon as possible, and advise Treasury when done so that other consultation can commence. Return the signed report to Treasury.

Note any feedback on the quality of the report

Enclosure: Yes (attached)

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Executive Summary

This report sets out the positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board requiring your consideration, asks you to agree the Board position specification and commence the call for nominations process to identify up to three new board members, including calling for nominations from strategic infrastructure partners.

We note you previously extended the terms of Lindsay Crossen, Kathryn Edmonds, John Rae and Matthew Birch until 31 July 2016 to complete the appointments process.

We seek your agreement to the retirement of the Chair, Lindsay Crossen at the end of his term.

We recommend the reappointment of John Rae and his elevation to Chair and the reappointment of Kathryn Edmonds at the end of their terms.

We recommend you agree in principle to the retirement of Matthew Birch at the end of his term, depending on the suitability of a replacement.

Recommended Action

Agree/disagree. d agree to the reappointment and elevation to Chair of John Rae for a term of two years and nine months from 1 August 2016 to 30 April 2019

Agree/disagree. e agree to the reappointment of Kathryn Edmonds for a term of one year and nine months from 1 August 2016 to 30 April 2018

Agree/disagree. f agree in principle to the retirement of Matthew Birch at the end of his term on 31 July 2016

Agree/disagree.

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g agree that Treasury run an appointment process to identify potential replacement candidates for up to three positions on the Board, commence consultation with nominating agencies and list positions on its online candidate database

Agree/disagree. h agree to the content of the attached Board position specification (Annex I)

Agree/disagree. i agree to sign consultation letters to Caucus, support parties, and strategic partners where appropriate (Annex II).

Agree/disagree.

Ngaire Best Team Leader, Governance and Performance

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Commencement of Appointments Process

Purpose of Report

1. This report sets out the National Infrastructure Advisory Board positions requiring your consideration, asks you to agree the Board position specification and to commence a call for nominations for up to three board members.

Background

2. On the resignation of Dr Heiler in November 2015, the National Infrastructure Advisory Board reduced to seven members. His resignation, and the term expiry on 30 April 2016 of four of the current members, along with the completion of the National Infrastructure Plan (the Plan), presented an opportunity to revisit the membership of the Board and review and redirect the Board’s focus [Treasury Report T2016/9].

3. This review of the future role of the Board has been completed, and you agreed to the new Terms of Reference for the Board. It is against these Terms of Reference that the new Board position specification has been developed.

4. You also agreed to extend the terms, due to expire on 30 April 2016, of Board members John Rae, Matthew Birch, Kathryn Edmonds, and the Chair Lindsay Crossen, to 31 July 2016 in order to complete the appointments process [Treasury Report T2016/396].

5. The current membership and skills profile of the Board is summarised below:

Table 1. Board membership and skills as at March 2016 (terms under consideration are shaded) Member Appointed Term end Region Skills

Lindsay 15 May 2009 30 Apr 2016 Canterbury Expertise in large civil infrastructure engineering Crossen projects and collaborative contracting and risk (extended to (Chair) mitigation 31 Jul 2016) Matthew Birch 26 Jun 2013 30 Apr 2016 Wellington Experience in international financial infrastructure markets, merger and market risk (extended to management 31 Jul 2016) Margaret 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2017 Waikato Professional business director in NZ Devlin infrastructure sector Kathryn 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2016 Wellington Environment Commissioner, legal knowledge of Edmonds the Resource Management Act and a local (extended to government planning perspective 31 Jul 2016) Edward Guy 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2017 Otago Specialist engineering infrastructure expertise and works consultancy in strategy, asset management, long term planning management Carl Hansen 1 May 2014 30 Apr 2017 Wellington CEO Electricity Authority, economist, experience in electricity infrastructure and in policy development John Rae 15 May 2009 30 Apr 2016 Auckland Legal and financial background, experience in treasury and capital markets, debt restructuring (extended to and recovery, previous MD Stevenson Group, 31 Jul 2016) was Chair NZCID

Vacancy (after resignation of Dr Terry Heiler)

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Positions under Consideration in Early 2016

6. On 30 November 2015, Dr Terence Heiler retired from the Board, resulting in a vacancy and the Board dropping to seven members. Dr Heiler brought international engineering expertise in large water resources and irrigation management.

7. The extended terms of Board members Lindsay Crossen, Matthew Birch, Kathryn Edmonds and John Rae expire 31 July 2016.

8. Lindsay Crossen, s9(2)(a) , is Chair and has served three terms at the end of July 2016, 7 years 2 months in total. s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) He wishes to step down.

9. Kathryn Edmonds, s9(2)(a) , has served two terms, 5 years in total. s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) Ms Edmonds is recommended for reappointment for a further term of one year and nine months until 30 April 2018.

10. John Rae, s9(2)(a) , has served for three terms and on expiry of his current term he will have been on the Board for 7 years 2 months. s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) Teasuryr recommend the reappointment of Mr Rae and his elevation to Chair for a further term of two years and nine months until 30 April 2019. s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i)

11. Matthew Birch, s9(2)(a) w, ill have served one term on the Board. s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) s It is recommended that you agree in principle to replacing him with a member who is, or was more recently, operating in this sector.

12. Our recommendation is that the reappointments be aligned to expire in April with Ms Edmonds term expiring in April 2018 and Mr Rae’s term in April 2019. Phased terms allow for better downstream sequencing and Chair succession planning. We are mindful that the other three members’ terms all expire in April 2017. At that point in time Mr Guy will have served nearly six years, Ms Devlin six years, and Mr Hansen three years. s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i)

Skill requirements

13. We have prepared a Board position specification based on the new Terms of Reference which is attached for your approval (Annex I). Members are sought with deep infrastructure expertise, particularly in procurement, integrated resource and land use planning, three waters and demand management, or financial infrastructure markets with the ability to apply a New Zealand Inc perspective, and to analyse a wide range of infrastructure-related matters beyond those confined to their particular sector of expertise.

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14. Members are also required to drive the agenda by utilising deep networks across infrastructure sectors, in particular in iwi owned entities and local government, to publically advocate for the implementation of the Plan and to challenge the status quo and hold agencies and stakeholders to account on the progress of the Plan. Members must also be able to monitor the delivery of the Plan and spot new opportunities for agencies and other stakeholders to deliver upon the Plan.

15. NIU considers that the Board should not be overly-concentrated geographically or by sector.

Process

16. We recommend the Cabinet approved appointments process, with the inclusion of a call for nominations from the infrastructure strategic partners that you consulted with when considering the future of NIAB. These strategic partners are: Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID), Business NZ, Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) NZ, and Water New Zealand.

17. Once you have confirmed your agreement with the Board position specification, it can be used to facilitate the ‘call for nominations’ to your Caucus colleagues and support parties, strategic partners, Treasury’s ‘call for nominations’ to the representative agencies, and posted on the Treasury website.

18. We recommend that you approve the commencement of the appointment process and sign letters to your Caucus colleagues, support parties and strategic partners, requesting their suggestions for potential candidates for the Board by Friday 22 April 2016 (Annex II).

19. If you agree to appoint John Rae as the new Chair, Treasury will facilitate his participation in the due diligence process to select the new board members.

20. You will receive further advice following the call for nominations process asking you to short-list candidates to enable due diligence meetings to commence with selected candidates in mid May 2016.

Indicative Timeline

21. The following table outlines the indicative timeline: Table 2. Timeline for appointments process

Action Date Minister agrees position specification 8 April 2016 Call for nominations from Caucus, 11-22 April 2016 (two weeks) agency and strategic partners, and Treasury website

Minister short-lists candidates Early May 2016 Due diligence interviews Mid May - mid June 2016 Minister confirms final decisions, Late June 2016 retiring directors notified APH, Cabinet, Caucus Target APH either 28 June or 5 July 2016 Note: there is no other APH in July New members commence 1 August 2016

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Attached Documents

22. Attached to this report are:

• Annex I: Position Specification.

• Annex II: Letters to Caucus and support parties, and strategic partners seeking nominations for positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

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National Infrastructure Advisory Board – Board Position Specification

Board purpose and structure

The National Infrastructure Advisory Board was established to advise the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU), and the Minister of Finance, on infrastructure issues.

The Board’s primary role is to provide both the Minister and the NIU with advice and perspectives on the implementation and ongoing development of the Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan 2015 (the Plan). The Plan sets out a vision that by 2045 New Zealand’s infrastructure will be resilient and coordinated, and contribute to a strong economy and high living standards. Achieving this vision will require a step change in how we approach and manage infrastructure based around the following three elements: • increasing understanding of levels of service and future drivers of demand • strengthening asset management • ensuring we have the right settings to make decisions in the future.

A key role of the Board is to engage with the private sector, local government and other infrastructure stakeholders.

The NIU is a business unit within the New Zealand Treasury, tasked with taking a national overview of infrastructure priorities – providing cross-government co-ordination, planning and expertise.

Its responsibilities include: • Implementing actions and monitoring outcomes from the Plan and subsequent plans (to be updated approximately every three years). The actions in the Plan that the NIU are directly responsible for relate to procurement, regional coordination of land and resource use, metadata standards and demand management. • Working with the various agencies responsible for the different infrastructure sectors and ensuring a coordinated work programme is in place to deliver the Plan’s vision. • Providing support to, and acting as a secretariat for, the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

The NIU does not duplicate or take over the role of other infrastructure-related government agencies. It works in co-operation with such government agencies and recognises the critical role that local government and businesses play in the Plan.

Further background information on the Board and the Plan may be found on the website – http://www.infrastructure.govt.nz/.

Board skill requirements Members must be able to apply their knowledge and skills to the three elements of the new approach outlined above and apply the strategic intent of the Plan to specific topics and sectors.

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The Board requires members who have in depth knowledge of one of a number of infrastructure sectors. Given the focus of the Plan it would be useful if members had experience and skills in either procurement, integrated resource and land use planning, three waters and demand management or investment processes and financial infrastructure markets.

Ideal candidates will have the ability to apply a New Zealand Inc perspective to their considerations. This requires the ability to understand and analyse a wide range of infrastructure-related matters beyond those confined to their particular sector of expertise.

Because the Plan has entered an implementation phase, Board members must have the skills to drive the agenda by utilising their deep networks across infrastructure sectors where they can publically advocate for the implementation of the Plan. In particular, the ability to utilise iwi or local government networks would be advantageous at this time.

Board members must be able to challenge the status quo and hold agencies and stakeholders to account on the progress of the Plan. As well as monitoring the delivery of the Plan, Board members must also be able to spot new opportunities for agencies and other stakeholders to deliver upon the Plan.

Nominees for board membership should have the necessary skills and experience that would enable them to meet the requirements of a director in terms of the Companies Act 1993, the Crown Entities Act 2004 and other relevant legislation.

Current Board composition (term under consideration shaded) Board Member Appointment date Term end date Region Lindsay Crossen (Chair) 15 May 2009 31 July 2016 Canterbury Matthew Birch 26 June 2013 31 July 2016 Wellington Margaret Devlin 1 August 2011 30 April 2017 Waikato Kathryn Edmonds 1 August 2011 31 July 2016 Wellington Edward Guy 1 August 2011 30 April 2017 Otago Carl Hansen 1 May 2014 30 April 2017 Wellington John Rae 15 May 2009 31 July 2016 Auckland Vacancy

Fees Directors’ fees for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board are based on a daily rate of $750 per meeting, with an additional allowance for meeting preparation and other duties.

Nominations

Suggested nominations for this Board are required to be with my Office no later than 5.00pm on Friday 22 April 2016. Following receipt of nominations, consideration will be given to the composition of the Board, and any changes that are appropriate. Please note at this stage no decisions to replace incumbents have been made. Any queries should be directed to Treasury’s Commercial Operations Team at [email protected].

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Ms Marama Fox Co-Leader, Māori Party Parliament Buildings WELLINGTON 6160

Dear Ms Fox NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

This letter seeks your nominations of candidates who would add value as a National Infrastructure Advisory Board member. Attached is a position specification of the skills required on the Board at this time.

If you are aware of potential candidates for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, please advise my Office by 5.00 pm on Friday 22 April 2016. It would be appreciated if you provide current curricula vitae for any candidates put forward. Following receipt of nominations, consideration will be given to the composition of the Board, and any changes that are appropriate.

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Hon Te Ururoa Flavell Co-Leader, Māori Party Parliament Buildings WELLINGTON 6160

Dear Mr Flavell NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Hon Peter Dunne Leader, United Future Parliament Buildings WELLINGTON 6160

Dear Mr Dunne NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board. This letter seeks your nominations of candidates who would add value as a National Infrastructure Advisory Board member. Attached is a position specification of the skills required on the Board at this time. If you are aware of potential candidates for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, please advise my Office by 5.00 pm on Friday 22 April 2016. It would be appreciated if you provide current curricula vitae for any candidates put forward. Following receipt of nominations, consideration will be given to the composition of the Board, and any changes that are appropriate. I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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David Seymour Leader, ACT Party Parliament Buildings WELLINGTON 6160

Dear Mr Seymour NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Caucus Colleagues Parliament Buildings WELLINGTON 6160

Dear Colleagues NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Lawrence Yule President of LGNZ LGNZ s9(2)(a)

Dear Mr Yule NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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David Prentice Chair Infrastructure Sub-Group Business NZ s9(2)(a)

Dear Mr Prentice NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Patrick Brockie Chair NZCID s9(2)(a)

Dear Mr Brockie NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Peter Higgs President IPWEA(NZ) s9(2)(a)

Dear Mr Higgs NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Brent Manning President Water New Zealand s9(2)(a)

Dear Mr Manning

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY BOARD: BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN 2016

I will shortly begin to seek suitable candidates for up to three positions on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board.

I look forward to your response. Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Candidate Short- listing

Date: 10 May 2016 Report No: T2016/695 File Number: CM-0-2-4-2016

Action Sought

Action Sought Deadline Minister of Finance Agree candidate short-list Friday 13 May 2016 (Hon Bill English)

Contact for Telephone Discussion (if required)

Name Position Telephone 1st Contact Gael Webster Senior Advisor, Governance 04 890 7228 s9(2)(a)  and Performance Chris Gregory Manager, Commercial 04 917 6064 Operations - Governance and Performance

Actions for the Minister’s Office Staff (if required)

Return the signed report to Treasury.

Note any feedback on the quality of the report

Enclosure: Yes (attached)

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Executive Summary

This report updates you on the outcome of the ‘call for nominations’ process for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (NIAB). You previously called for nominations to seek up to three new members for the NIAB Board. You are now asked to agree to a candidate short- list in order for due diligence meetings to commence.

Recommended Action

We recommend that you: a note that Dr Terry Heiler resigned effective 30 November 2015 and the Board has since been operating with seven members b note that you previously extended the terms of Lindsay Crossen, Kathryn Edmonds, John Rae and Matthew Birch until 31 July 2016 c note you previously agreed to the reappointment of John Rae and his elevation to Chair, the reappointment of Kathryn Edmonds, the retirement of the Chair Lindsay Crossen, and you agreed in principle to the retirement of Matthew Birch d note that you previously called for nominations to identify up to three new board members e note that the call for nominations phase of the appointments process is now complete f note that Annex I lists all of the nominations and expressions of interest received for the Board g indicate whether you wish to include the following preferred candidates for further consideration, please note that these are our suggested ‘top picks’ (biographical summaries attached as Annex II)

• s9(2)(a) Agree/disagree.

• Geoff Hunt Agree/disagree.

• s9(2)(a) Agree/disagree.

• Fiona Mules Agree/disagree.

• s9(2)(a) Agree/disagree.

• Lawrence Yule Agree/disagree.

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h advise whether you wish to include additional candidates, either from Annex I, or from other sources, by indicating names below

• ______

• ______i note that you agreed to seek candidates with experience and skills in procurement and three waters; the call for nominations has not come up with suitably qualified candidates at this point and we will update you if any candidates are identified j note that following the outcome of the due diligence process, Treasury will seek your confirmation of the preferred candidates for appointment, and provide you with the Cabinet committee documentation to complete the appointments in July.

Chris Gregory Manager, Commercial Operations - Governance and Performance

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Purpose of Report

1. This report informs you of the nominations received for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (NIAB) and asks you to agree a short-list of candidates. Following confirmation of your preferences, due diligence meetings will proceed with the preferred candidates.

Background

2. The current NIAB membership is listed below:

Table 1. Board membership as at May 2016 (terms under consideration are shaded) Member Appointed Term end Region Lindsay Crossen (Chair) 15 May 2009 31 Jul 2016 (extended term) Canterbury Matthew Birch 26 Jun 2013 31 Jul 2016 (extended term) Wellington Margaret Devlin 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2017 Waikato Kathryn Edmonds 1 Aug 2011 31 Jul 2016 (extended term) Wellington Edward Guy 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2017 Otago Carl Hansen 1 May 2014 30 Apr 2017 Wellington John Rae 15 May 2009 31 Jul 2016 (extended term) Auckland Vacancy (after resignation of Dr Terry Heiler)

3. You previously agreed to the retirement of the Chair Lindsay Crossen at the end of his term on 31 July 2016, the reappointment and elevation to Chair of John Rae for a term of two years and eight months from 1 August 2016 to 30 April 2019, the reappointment of Kathryn Edmonds for a term of one year and eight months from 1 August 2016 to 30 April 2018, and you agreed in principle to the retirement of Matthew Birch at the end of his term on 31 July 2016.

4. You previously agreed to call for nominations for up to three new Board members and to send consultation letters to Caucus, support parties and to strategic partners where appropriate, and to Treasury running its nomination process [Treasury Report T2016/388].

5. The position specification sought in depth knowledge of one of a number of infrastructure sectors, specifically experience and skills in either procurement, integrated resource and land use planning, three waters and demand management or investment processes and financial infrastructure markets. The ability to understand and analyse a wide range of infrastructure-related matters beyond those confined to their sector of expertise, with a NZ Inc perspective and skills to drive the agenda by utilising deep networks across infrastructure sectors to publically advocate for the implementation of the National Infrastructure Plan and ability to utilise iwi or local government networks, was sought.

6. A summary of all nominations and expressions of interest received is attached as Annex I.

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7. Our candidate “top picks” are set out below: • s9(2)(a) • Geoff Hunt • s9(2)(a) • Fiona Mules • s9(2)(a) • Lawrence Yule

8. You are asked to confirm whether you would like to include these candidates, and any others listed in Annex I or from other sources, in the short-list to proceed to due diligence.

9. The call for nominations has not come up with candidates with sufficient experience in procurement and three waters. Treasury will search for such candidates and update you if any candidates with these skills are identified.

Timeline

10. The updated timeline expected for the current appointment process is set out below:

Table 2. Timeline for appointments process

Action Date Minister agrees position specification 8 April 2016 (complete) Call for nominations from Caucus, 7-22 April 2016 (complete) agency and strategic partners, and Treasury website Minister short-lists candidates Early May 2016 Due diligence interviews Mid May - mid June 2016 Minister confirms final decisions, Late June 2016 retiring directors notified APH, Cabinet, Caucus Target APH either 28 June or 5 July 2016 Note: there is no other APH in July New members commence 1 August 2016

11. Treasury representatives are available to meet with you to discuss the candidates if required.

Attached Documents

12. Attached to this report are:

• Annex I: Summary of all nominations and expressions of interest received.

• Annex II: Biographical information of short-listed candidates.

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NIAB – 2016 appointment round Summary of nominations received

Nominated by Name

Hon Louise Upston s9(2)(a) Hon Louise Upston Hon Louise Upston Hon Louise Upston MP Paul Foster-Bell MP Tim Macindoe IPENZ LGNZ LGNZ MWH New Zealand Ltd NZCID Board NZCID Board NZCID Board NZCID Board OPUS Water New Zealand Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated

Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated

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NIAB – 2016 appointment round Summary of nominations received

Nominated by Name

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Nominated by Name

Self Nominated s9(2)(a) Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated Self Nominated

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s9(2)(a)

Region Auckland Skills and Sectors Banking - investment, Business - recovery, Business - change management, Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent), Dispute Resolution / Quasi-judicial / Tribunals, Electricity - generation / transmission / retail, International - cross-border business, Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Oil / Gas, Public / Private Partnerships, Property - management, Regulatory, Risk Management, Transport - road / rail, Venture Capital / Angel Investing, Procurement, Chair experience, Infrastructure - policy, Infrastructure - large project management, Strategy setting - at Board level Current Employment s9(2)(a) Previous Employment Governance Qualifications University of Auckland - Bachelor of Laws Comments s9(2)(a)

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Mr Geoff Hunt

Region Auckland Skills and Sectors Broadcasting, Business - change management, Business - recovery, Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent), Commercialisation, Construction, Consulting / Contracting, E-commerce, Electricity - generation / transmission / retail, Engineering - electrical, Industrial Relations, Information Technology, Infrastructure - large project management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Strategy setting - at Board level, Transport - road / rail, Telecommunications – transmission Current Employment s9(2)(a) Previous Employment

Governance – current Governance – previous Qualifications University of Canterbury - Master of Electrical Engineering with Distinction (Power); Institution of Professional Engineers NZ - Distinguished Fellow; Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK) - Chartered Engineer; Institute of Directors - Member Comments s9(2)(a)

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s9(2)(a)

Region Auckland Skills and Sectors Business - change management, Chair experience, Community / Voluntary, Construction, Education - tertiary, Emergency Services, Engineering - civil, Government - local, Intellectual Property, Not-for-profit, Property - development, Property - management, Public / Private Partnerships, Business / Community Development - other, Business / Community Development - Pacific Peoples, Consulting / Contracting, International - cross-border business, Environment / Sustainability, Forestry - processing, Infrastructure - large project management, Infrastructure - policy, Regional Development, Resource Management, Social Services, Transport - road / rail, Utilities Current Employment s9(2)(a) Previous Employment

Crown Governance - previous Other Governance – current

Other Governance – previous

Qualifications University of Auckland - BE (Hons) (Civil Engineering); University of Auckland - PhD (Civil Engineering); Institution of Professional Engineers - Distinguished Fellow; Institute of Directors - Member Comments s9(2)(a)

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Ms Fiona Mules

Region Canterbury Skills and Sectors Banking - investment, Business - change management, Business - start-ups, Capital Markets, Consulting / Contracting, Finance - accounting, Finance - investment, Government - central, Infrastructure - large project management, Infrastructure - policy, International - cross-border business, International - relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Procurement, Public / Private Partnerships, Valuation, Venture Capital / Angel Investing, Innovation, Strategy setting - at Board level, Transport - road / rail Current Employment Principal - Fiona Mules Consulting Previous Employment s9(2)(a)

Other Governance – current Other Governance – previous Qualifications Lincoln University - Master of Commerce and Management (Finance and Business Management); Lincoln University - Bachelor of Commerce and Management (Accounting and Finance)

s9(2)(a)

Region Tauranga Skills and Sectors Local government, leadership, accountant, finance, audit Current Employment s9(2)(a) Previous Employment Governance – current Governance – previous Comments

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Mayor Lawrence Yule

Region Bay of Plenty Skills and Sectors Local government leadership, advocate, relationship manager Current Employment s9(2)(a) Previous Employment Governance – current Qualifications BE (Hons) Agricultural - Canterbury Comments s9(2)(a)

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Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Update after Due Diligence Process

Date: 7 June 2016 Report No: T2016/926 File Number: CM-0-2-4-2016

Action Sought

Action Sought Deadline Minister of Finance Agree to recommendations Friday 17 June 2016 (Hon Bill English)

Contact for Telephone Discussion (if required)

Name Position Telephone 1st Contact Gael Webster Senior Advisor, Governance 04 890 7228 s9(2)(a)  and Performance Ngaire Best Team Leader, Governance 04 917 6074 and Performance

Actions for the Minister’s Office Staff (if required)

Return the signed report to Treasury.

Note any feedback on the quality of the report

Enclosure: Yes (attached)

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Executive Summary

The due diligence process for the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (NIAB) is now complete and you are asked to agree to the preferred candidates: Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule.

You previously agreed in principle to the retirement of Matthew Birch and are now asked to confirm your agreement to his retirement [Treasury Report T2016//388 refers].

Recommended Action

We recommend that you: a note that the due diligence process for up to three new members on the Board is complete b agree to the appointment of the following candidates for a term of two years and nine months from 1 August 2016:

• Geoff Hunt Agree/disagree.

• Fiona Mules Agree/disagree.

• Lawrence Yule Agree/disagree. c agree to the retirement of Matthew Birch

Agree/disagree. d note Treasury will supply you with the APH Committee documentation to give effect to your decisions and end of term letters for retiring members Lindsay Crossen and if you agree to his retirement, Matthew Birch.

Ngaire Best Team Leader, Governance and Performance

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Purpose of Report

1. This report informs you of the outcome of the due diligence process and recommends the appointment of Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule to the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (NIAB) for a term of two years and eight months from 1 August 2016.

2. This report seeks your agreement to the retirement of Matthew Birch.

Background

3. The current NIAB membership is listed below:

Table 1. Board membership as at June 2016 (terms under consideration are shaded) Member Appointed Term end Region Lindsay Crossen (Chair) 15 May 2009 31 Jul 2016 (extended term) Canterbury Matthew Birch 26 Jun 2013 31 Jul 2016 (extended term) Wellington Margaret Devlin 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2017 Waikato Kathryn Edmonds 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2018 Wellington Edward Guy 1 Aug 2011 30 Apr 2017 Otago Carl Hansen 1 May 2014 30 Apr 2017 Wellington John Rae (Chair 15 May 2009 30 Apr 2019 Auckland designate) Vacancy (after resignation of Dr Terry Heiler)

4. You took documentation to APH to confirm the reappointment of John Rae as Chair, for a term of two years and nine months, and the reappointment of Kathryn Edmonds for a term of one year and nine months. Both appointments commence 1 August 2016, Ms Edmonds term ends 30 April 2018 and Mr Rae’s term ends 30 April 2019. [Treasury report T2016/836 refers]. This April end date of appointment brings the terms of all members into alignment. You previously agreed to the retirement of the Chair Lindsay Crossen at the end of his term on 31 July 2016 and agreed in principle to the retirement of Matthew Birch [Treasury report T2016/388 refers].

5. You were seeking three new members for the Board with in depth knowledge of one of a number of infrastructure sectors, and specifically skills in procurement, three waters and demand management, land use planning, investment processes and financial infrastructure markets. Equally sought was the ability to bring a NZ Inc perspective, to analyse a wide range of infrastructure related matters, with deep networks to publically advocate the Plan, especially within local government and Iwi.

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Due diligence process

6. You agreed a short-list of six candidates to proceed to due diligence: s9(2)(a) Geoff Hunt, s9(2)(a) Fiules,ona M s9(2)(a) and Lawr ence Yule [Treasury report T2016/695 refers].

7. Due diligence interviews with candidates were held in Wellington on 23 May 2016 s9(2)(a) and in Auckland on 26 May 2016 with a panel comprising John Rae, the incoming Chair of NIAB, David Taylor from the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU), and Treasury representative Gael Webster.

8. Further candidates were to be sought with greater expertise in procurement and three waters [Treasury Report T2016/695 refers], however subsequent to the due diligence interviews the panel considered that the preferred candidates demonstrated sufficient knowledge of these areas.

9. Following completion of due diligence interviews the panel recommends Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule as the preferred candidates. They are considered by the panel to best cover the skill sets required, demonstrated sufficient enthusiasm for the Plan and understanding of the wider NZ Inc perspective, are actively engaged in aspects of the infrastructure sector, are well networked and bring geographical spread and diversity to the Board (CVs attached as Annex I). s9(2)(a) s9(2)(a) s9(2)(a) s9(2)(a) s

10. A brief summary of each of the candidates follows.

11. s9(2)(g)(i)

12.

13.

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14.

15.

16.

Diversity

17. Should you agree to the appointment of Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule the Board gender ratio will be 52% male and 38% female. There will be equal representation from Wellington and Auckland, along with representation from the Christchurch, Queenstown, Hawke”s Bay and Hamilton regions. Currently, no member identifies as Māori.

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Next Steps

18. If you agree to the proposed appointment of Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule to NIAB Treasury will provide APH Committee documentation for the appointments to be signed and lodged with Cabinet Office by 10.00am, Thursday 23 June 2016.

19. Treasury will also provide letters of thanks for Lindsay Crossen, and if you agree, Matthew Birch for your signature.

Attached Documents

20. Attached to this report are:

• Annex I: CVs of preferred candidates.

CVs withheld under sections 9(2)(a) and 9(2)(ba)(i)

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Treasury Report: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Documentation to Confirm Appointments

Date: 21 June 2016 Report No: T2016/1011 File Number: CM-0-2-4-2016

Action Sought

Action Sought Deadline Minister of Finance Agree to sign documentation so 10.00am, Thursday 23 June consideration can occur at APH 2016 (Cabinet Office deadline) (Hon Bill English) Committee on 28 June 2016

Contact for Telephone Discussion (if required)

Name Position Telephone 1st Contact Gael Webster Senior Advisor, Governance 04 890 7228 s9(2)(a)  and Performance

Ngaire Best Team Leader, Governance 04 917 6074 and Performance

Actions for the Minister’s Office Staff (if required)

Return the signed report to Treasury. If signed, lodge APH Committee documentation with Cabinet Office by 10.00am, Thursday 23 June 2016 for consideration at the APH Committee on Tuesday 28 June 2016.

Note any feedback on the quality of the report

Enclosure: Yes (attached)

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Executive Summary

You previously agreed to the appointments of Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule as new members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (NIAB) [Treasury Report T2016/926 refers]. You are now asked to sign the attached APH Committee documentation confirming the appointments. If you agree, the documentation should be submitted to Cabinet Office by 10.00am on Thursday 23 June 2016 for consideration at the APH Committee meeting on Tuesday 28 June 2016. Following Cabinet and Caucus consultation you will receive appointment documentation for your signature.

You are asked to sign the end of term letters for Chair Lindsay Crossen and member Matthew Birch who are both due to retire on 31 July 2016.

Recommended Action

We recommend that you: a agree to sign the attached APH Committee documentation confirming three new appointments to NIAB to be lodged with Cabinet Office by 10.00am on 23 June 2016 (for the APH Committee meeting on 28 June 2016)

Agree/disagree. b agree to sign the end of term letters for retiring members Lindsay Crossen and Matthew Birch, thanking them for their service.

Agree/disagree.

Ngaire Best Team Leader, Governance and Performance

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

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Organisation Form Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee All sections must be completed. This form is available in Word format at http://cabguide.cabinetoffice.govt.nz/

Organisation

National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Current Membership

Date of original Expiry date of Name Age City/Town appointment present term

Mr Lindsay Cecil Crossen (Chair) s9(2)(a) Christchurch 15/05/2009 31/07/2016

Mr Matthew Dearsley Skempton Wellington 26/06/2013 31/07/2016 Birch

Mrs Margaret Patricia Devlin Hamilton 1/08/2011 30/04/2017

Ms Kathryn Anne Edmonds Wellington 1/08/2011 31/07/2016

Mr Edward Alexander Guy Arrowtown 1/08/2011 30/04/2017

Mr Carl David Hansen Wellington 1/05/2014 30/04/2017

Mr John McFadyen Rae Auckland 15/05/2009 31/07/2016

Brief Outline of the Functions and Responsibilities of the Organisation

The role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board is to provide independent expert advice to the National Infrastructure Unit (the Unit) and to the Minister of Finance, to assist the Unit to monitor progress towards government infrastructure objectives, to act as a conduit for interaction with the private sector, local government, and others, to promote best practice in the evaluation, planning, funding and delivery of infrastructure, to act as a source of information and new policy thinking and to be a sounding board for the Unit’s policy ideas, and a source of quality review for major Unit outputs, including the National Infrastructure Plan.

Use further pages, if required, to provide the information requested.

Date: 21/06/2016

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Candidate CV Form

All sections must be completed. This form should be completed in consultation with the candidate where possible. This form is available in Word format at http://cabguide.cabinetoffice.govt.nz/

Name (family name in upper case; include title Lawrence Arden YULE if appropriate)

The Position

Organisation National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Position (chair/member etc) Member

Term From 1 August 2016 up to 30 April 2019

Payment $750 (per day) (per day and/or per year)

How the Candidate Meets the Needs of the Position

Skills and attributes the s9(2)(g)(i) candidate will bring to the position (eg: business skills, community involvement, cultural awareness, regional perspective – as relevant to the needs of the position)

Possible conflicts of interest None identified.

Proposals for conflict Not applicable. management (if applicable)

Continue on next page if required

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The Candidate

Name (family name in upper case; include title Lawrence Arden YULE if appropriate) Address s9(2)(a)

Citizenship (if not New Zealand) Age s9(2)(a)

Current or most recent Mayor, Hastings District Council (2001-current) employment (specify position and employer, include years) Government board Nil appointments held (current and previous, include years) Private and/or voluntary s9(2)(a) sector board appointments held (current and previous, include years) Qualifications and experience (include significant work history and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Agricultural Engineering), community involvement) University of Canterbury (1984)

Previous Experience s9(2)(a)

Use further pages, if required, to provide the information requested.

Date: 21 June 2016

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Candidate CV Form

All sections must be completed. This form should be completed in consultation with the candidate where possible. This form is available in Word format at http://cabguide.cabinetoffice.govt.nz/

Name (family name in upper case; include title Fiona Rochelle MULES if appropriate)

The Position

Organisation National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Position (chair/member etc) Member

Term From 1 August 2016 up to 30 April 2019

Payment $750 (per day) (per day and/or per year)

How the Candidate Meets the Needs of the Position

Possible conflicts of interest None identified.

Proposals for conflict Not applicable. management (if applicable)

Continue on next page if required

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The Candidate

Name (family name in upper case; include title Fiona Rochelle MULES if appropriate) Address s9(2)(a)

Citizenship (if not New Zealand) Age s9(2)(a)

Current or most recent s9(2)(a) employment (specify position and employer, include years)

Government board Nil appointments held (current and previous, include years) Private and/or voluntary s9(2)(a) sector board appointments held (current and previous, include years)

Qualifications and experience (include significant work history and Qualifications community involvement) Master of Commerce and Management (Finance and Business

Management), Lincoln University (1998) Bachelor of Commerce and Management (Accounting and Finance), Lincoln University (1993) Previous Experience s9(2)(a)

Date: 21 June 2016

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Candidate CV Form

All sections must be completed. This form should be completed in consultation with the candidate where possible. This form is available in Word format at http://cabguide.cabinetoffice.govt.nz/

Name (family name in upper case; include title Geoffrey Stewart (Geoff) HUNT if appropriate)

The Position

Organisation National Infrastructure Advisory Board

Position (chair/member etc) Member

Term From 1 August 2016 up to 30 April 2019

Payment $750 (per day) (per day and/or per year)

How the Candidate Meets the Needs of the Position

Possible conflicts of interest None identified.

Proposals for conflict Not applicable. management (if applicable)

Continue on next page if required

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The Candidate

Name (family name in upper case; include title Geoffrey Stewart (Geoff) HUNT if appropriate) Address s9(2)(a)

Citizenship (if not New Zealand) Age s9(2)(a)

Current or most recent s9(2)(a) employment (specify position and employer, include years) Government board Nil appointments held (current and previous, include years) Private and/or voluntary s9(2)(a) sector board appointments held (current and previous, include years)

Qualifications and experience (include significant work history and Qualifications community involvement) Master of Electrical Engineering (with Distinction), University of Canterbury (1974) Distinguished Fellow, Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (2011)

Member, Institute of Directors (2004) Previous Experience

s9(2)(a)

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s9(2)(a)

Use further pages, if required, to provide the information requested.

Date: 21 June 2016

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Office of the Minister of Finance

Memorandum for Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee

National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Appointments

Introduction 1. In this memorandum the Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee (the Committee) is invited to note my intention to make three new appointments to the National Infrastructure Advisory Board (NIAB), as follows:

Entity Person Designation Appointment/ Replacing Reappointment National Geoffrey Stewart Member Appointment Lindsay Crossen Infrastructure (Geoff) Hunt (as member) Advisory Board Fiona Rochelle Member Appointment Matthew Birch Mules Lawrence Arden Member Appointment Terry Heiler (retired Yule in Nov 2015)

2. These appointments are made in accordance with the guiding legislation and (where appropriate) the constitution of the entity, which stipulates that the shareholders may, at any time, appoint or reappoint directors to the board. Members are also appointed in accordance with the Cabinet-approved skills- based appointment process. Background

3. The role of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board is to provide independent expert advice to the National Infrastructure Unit (the Unit) and to the Minister of Finance, to assist the Unit to monitor progress towards government infrastructure objectives, to act as a conduit for interaction with the private sector, local government, and others, to promote best practice in the evaluation, planning, funding and delivery of infrastructure, to act as a source of information and new policy thinking and to be a sounding board for the Unit’s policy ideas, and a source of quality review for major Unit outputs, including the National Infrastructure Plan.

4. The review of the future role of the Board has been completed earlier this year and new Terms of Reference have been agreed.

5. The Chair Lindsay Crossen and member Matthew Birch are due to retire on 31 July 2016. I previously reappointed current member John Rae for a further term until 30 April 2019 and elevated him to Chair, replacing Mr Crossen in that position, and I reappointed member Kathryn Edmonds for a further term until 30 April 2018.

6. I intend to appoint three new members to the Board: Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule are to be appointed for a first term of two years and nine months each to align board member terms to 30 April. These appointments will

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bring the Board size back to eight members. The Board had temporarily dropped to seven members after the retirement of Dr Terry Heiler in November 2015.

New appointments – members

7. s9(2)(g)(i)

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Certification

10. These appointments followed the Cabinet-approved process as detailed below:

• identifying the skills and experience required in any new appointee • searching Treasury’s candidate database (and posting of the position specifications on Treasury’s website), and a request for nominations from the various diversity agencies, the National Party Caucus and support parties, and strategic partners of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board • due diligence interviews with short-listed candidates and the Chair and/or directors • reference checks • background checks.

Conflicts of interest

11. The appointees have been asked to confirm their willingness to be appointed, certify they are not disqualified from appointment, and disclose the nature and extent of any interests they have in matters related to the entity. No conflicts have been identified. All appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of formal background checks in the usual way.

Representativeness of appointments

12. I can confirm that full consideration has been given to the need for the membership of the board to have an appropriate gender, age, ethnic and geographical balance.

Fees

13. The fees for NIAB are set under the Cabinet Fees Framework. Members of the NIAB Board receive $750 per day and the Chair receives $900 per day.

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Recommendations

14. It is recommended that the Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee:

1. note my intention to make the following three new appointments to the National Infrastructure Advisory Board:

Person Designation Appointment/ Term Replacing Reappointment Geoffrey Stewart Member Appointment From 1 August 2016 Lindsay Crossen (Geoff) Hunt up to 30 April 2019 (as member) Fiona Rochelle Member Appointment From 1 August 2016 Matthew Birch Mules up to 30 April 2019 Lawrence Arden Member Appointment From 1 August 2016 Terry Heiler (retired Yule up to 30 April 2019 in Nov 2015)

2. note that the appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of background checks.

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance Date:

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Matthew Birch s9(2)(a)

Dear Matthew Birch

National Infrastructure Advisory Board

I am writing to confirm that your term on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board is due to end on 31 July 2016 and to express my appreciation of your work on the Board.

Your service to the Board over the past three years is gratefully acknowledged, and I wish to convey my thanks for the contribution you have made to the Board.

Please accept my best wishes for the future.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

cc David Taylor, Manager, National Infrastructure Unit, The Treasury, PO Box 3724, Wellington 6140

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Mr Lindsay Crossen s9(2)(a)

Dear Lindsay Crossen

National Infrastructure Advisory Board

I am writing to confirm that your term on the National Infrastructure Advisory Board is due to end on 31 July 2016 and to express my appreciation for your work on the Board.

I would like to thank you for your seven years of service on the Board, and to acknowledge the significant contribution you have made to the Board’s deliberations and through your leadership as Chair. Thank you for the effort you have put into ensuring the successful development of The Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan.

I hope that your association with the Board has been both enjoyable and rewarding and I wish you the very best for the future.

Yours sincerely

Hon Bill English Minister of Finance

cc David Taylor, Manager, National Infrastructure Unit, The Treasury, PO Box 3724, Wellington 6140

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Reference: T2016/1183 CM-0-2-4-2016

Date: 27 June 2016

To: Minister of Finance (Hon Bill English) Associate Minister of Finance (Hon Paula Bennett)

Deadline: 8.30am, Tuesday 28 June 2016 (if any)

Aide Memoire: National Infrastructure Advisory Board: Appointments (at APH Committee 28 June 2016)

You are taking a paper to the APH Committee on Tuesday 28 June 2016, on behalf of the Minister of Finance. The paper notes the Minister’s intention to make the following three new appointments to the National Infrastructure Advisory Board:

The Minister of Finance previously took a paper to APH on 31 May 2016, confirming the reappointment and elevation to Chair of current member John Rae and the reappointment of member Kathryn Edmonds.

The Minister intends to appoint Geoff Hunt, Fiona Mules and Lawrence Yule as new members to the National Infrastructure Advisory Board for a first term of two years and nine months each to align board member term ends. s9(2)(g)(i)

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Treasury officials will be in the Committee room lobby for the duration of the meeting.

Gael Webster, Senior Advisor, Governance and Performance, 04 890 7228 Ngaire Best, Team Leader, Governance and Performance, 04 917 6074

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