By RNZ
The Transport Agency has told the government it needs $130 million just to stop its old technology systems from failing, let alone build new systems.
A briefing to the Transport Minister released to RNZ shows $48m is needed this year, $63m next year, and a further $16m the year after.
"Recent events have demonstrated the risk of technology failure," the December 2019 briefing stated.
What those events were is blanked out, with the Minister of Transport Phil Twyford citing the need to protect the country's security as one reason for that.