Government Responds to National Infrastructure Plan with Major Reforms

Gas imports are politically explosive – yet NZ gets little bang for its buck

Amid longstanding calls for bipartisan agreement on major infrastructure projects, there are now headlines about Labour and the Greens backing the Government’s response to the National Infrastructure Plan. Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop says he’s proud of the bipartisan support, and rightly so. There’s a good deal of political consensus about the role of the Infrastructure Commission […]

We finally have a national infrastructure plan – and both sides of the house actually agree on it

After decades of underinvestment and short-term thinking, New Zealand’s first independent long-term infrastructure plan has landed — with something increasingly rare in Wellington: cross-party support, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. The Infrastructure Commission’s National Infrastructure Plan, published in February and commissioned by the government in 2024, r…

Government responds to National Infrastructure Plan with major reforms

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30-year Infrastructure Plan gets widespread support in Parliament

Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop says the three priorities that need further work include predictable government funding signals; multi-year budgeting; and coordinated workforce development. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ

30-year 'Infrastructure Plan' backed by Parliament

The government says further work is still required, but Labour and the Greens have offered explicit support.

30-year infrastructure plan looks to reform land transport funding, gets rare bipartisan backing

The Government has released its response to the National Infrastructure Plan.