Infrastructure

Infrastructure: Time for action Inside: Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop lays out his priorities Political consensus is overdue – it’s costing us Infrastructure NZ issues a challenge Sean Sweeney’s parting gift Auckland Airport’s breathtaking transformation Enjoy the report.

Infrastructure New Zealand’s major summit Building Nations is back with their first face-to-face conference since 2020. The two-day conference – which sold out last week – starts in Wellington this morning. There will be an array of first-class speakers ranging from Cabinet Ministers, through to Members of Parliament and a group of newly elected and re-elected mayors who will join …

It is no mistake that in recent years the Infrastructure portfolio has also been held by the Minister of Finance. Infrastructure has rightly been described as the “backbone of economic growth”. Resilient infrastructure that caters for growing populations is critical to the workings of a modern economy. Everything from transport, energy, water and the construction of houses, commercial and industrial …

The 2020 Infrastructure report looked into the ways New Zealand and its businesses could build back better in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.  

In the 2019 Infrastructure report Picking up the Pace we delved into the visionary infrastructure projects taking place, construction challenges, Auckland’s future, Cityrail and airport updates and international experts share lessons learnt from historical infrastructure projects.

The 2018 Infrastructure report delved into a variety of topics: Minister backs independent agency to deal with infrastructure Affordable homes — we can build them SPVs on the agenda Local funding for growth Lack of certainty over the project pipeline is a key concern for NZ’s infrastructure industry Women are finally making inroads into the industry and challenging infrastructure’s ‘boys’ club’ reputation Chinese lessons …

In the 2017 Infrastructure report we looked into: Infrastructure upsurge brings opportunities Green finance too good to ignore Wellington’s post-earthquake revival Winning the resilience game Asset recycling and the Aussie experience Driving lessons from Singapore