What’s at stake: New Zealand faces an infrastructure deficit, with transport and water networks, in particular, struggling to keep up. Improving infrastructure is seen as one of the key factors in lifting the country’s productivity and economic performance.
Background: Local councils and central government have not invested enough in infrastructure, including maintaining and renewing existing assets.
Main players: The Government and Opposition, local councils, infrastructure firms, Infrastructure Commission.
On some measures, the state of New Zealand’s infrastructure system might not be as dire as it seems.
When it comes to spending on infrastructure, this country does not lag others. According to the Infrastructure Commission, New Zealand spends 5.8% of GDP on infrastructure, more than Australia and
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What’s at stake: New Zealand faces an infrastructure deficit, with transport and water networks, in particular, struggling to keep up. Improving infrastructure is seen as one of the key factors in lifting the country’s productivity and economic performance.
Background: Local councils and central government have not invested enough in infrastructure, including maintaining and renewing existing assets.
Main players: The Government and Opposition, local councils, infrastructure firms, Infrastructure Commission.
