Documents are grouped under these headings on this page:
- Project initiation, approvals and updates
- Project delivery and engagement
- Official Information Act responses
- Media releases
Project initiation, approvals and updates
These are documents seen by the Minister of Conservation and senior officials.
- 23 September 2024: OIAD-4682 Head of officials meeting – carparking A3 for Minister (PDF, 707K)
- 8 October 2024: OIAD-4682 Paid parking pilot: updating IVL investment proposal (24-B-0498) (PDF, 2,059K)
- 25 November 2024: OIAD-4682 Growing third-party revenue for conservation (PDF, 4,357K)
- 2 December 2024: OIAD-4682 Paid parking pilot: detailed business case (PDF, 3,895K)
- 8 September 2025: OIAD-5780 Paid parking status reports & IVL updates (MOC 43, 55, 72, 76) (PDF, 641K)
Project delivery and engagement
These are documents covering the pilot sites and exploration of paid parking at other sites. The decision report (29 June 2026) includes preliminary discussion other, future sites.
- 16 June 2025: Dolomite Point initial engagement – leaflet (PDF, 532K)
- 16 June 2025: Franz Josef initial engagement – leaflet (PDF, 1,010K)
- 16 June 2025: Aoraki White Horse Hill initial engagement – leaflet (PDF, 906K)
- 7 August 2025: Email for concessionaires (PDF, 66K)
- 14 August 2025: Presentation paid parking pricing proposal – Dolomite Point (PPTX, 23,764K)
- 15 August 2025: Presentation paid parking pricing proposal – Franz Josef (PPTX, 24,463K)
- 20 August 2025: Dolomite Point final engagement – leaflet (PDF, 495K)
- 20 August 2025: Franz Josef final engagement – leaflet (PDF, 723K)
- 20 August 2025: Aoraki White Horse Hill final engagement – leaflet (PDF, 2,567K)
- 20 August 2025: Paid parking pilot engagement report – phase 1 (PDF, 5,912K)
- 10 September 2025: EM&C Price Review 2025 Carpark Pilot - Edition 2 (PDF, 8,531K)
- 15 September 2025: PCP – Stellar Design and Build NZS3916 contract (PDF, 25,386K)
- 29 September 2025: Presentation paid parking pricing proposal – Aoraki White Horse Hill (PPTX 32,733K)
- 12 November 2025: Paid parking pilot engagement report – phase 2 (PDF, 6,907K)
- 12 December 2025: Media release: Carpark fees begin for three South Island locations (PDF, 273K)
- 27 May 2026: Dolomite Point Redevelopment Project removal of roadside parking - response (PDF, 81K)
- 29 June 2026: Paid car parking pilot decision report (PDF, 22,346K)
- 29 June 2026: Paid parking leaflet Punakaiki, Franz Josef and Aoraki (PDF, 643K)
Official Information Act responses
These are documents released in response to specific OIA requests.
- 31 January 2025: OIAD-4682 Information and analysis re IVL budget – response (PDF, 155K)
- 31 January 2025: OIAD-4682 Various documents (Attachment 1 – items 3–15), including IVL investment proposal, pilot site profiles, ministerial briefings, emails re pilot programme, revenue generation report, detailed business case (PDF, 32,728K)
- 10 April 2026: OIAD-6110 Legal and administrative requirements – response (PDF, 238K)
- 10 April 2026: OIAD-6110 Various documents (Attachment 1 – items 1-4), including NZTA licence, signage locations and details, pricing structure for Dolomite Point and Franz Josef, agreement with parking services provider Stellar (PDF, 11,608K)
- 10 April 2026: OIAD-6110 List of public engagement activities (Attachment 2), including overview of engagement approach, communications with public, emails and leaflets for community engagement, media releases, webpages and media coverage (PDF, 265K)
Media releases
- DOC to trial paid parking at high use sites: Media release 13 November 2024
- DOC starts local conversations on paid parking pilots: Media release 28 May 2025
- DOC releases pricing proposal for car parking: Media release 7 August 2025
- DOC pricing proposal for Aoraki car park : Media release 24 September 2025
- DOC confirms car park prices for West Coast sites: Media releases 1 October 2025
- Aoraki/Mt Cook car park charges confirmed: Media release 12 November 2025
- Start of car park fees at South Island DOC sites: Media release 3 December 2025
- Paid car parking to continue at DOC sites: Media release 2 July 2026
Additional information
This page will be updated periodically. See also: