Draft National Infrastructure Plan

2.1. Infrastructure for a thriving New Zealand | Ngā tūāhanga mō tētahi Aotearoa tōnui

The New Zealand Infrastructure Strategy, Rautaki Hanganga o Aotearoa, was published in 2022. It took a 30-year holistic view of infrastructure to set the vision that infrastructure lays a foundation for the people, places, and businesses of Aotearoa New Zealand to thrive.

The Strategy was a broad document. It identified significant long-term challenges facing New Zealand’s infrastructure networks and outlined a set of national objectives to pursue. It provided 68 recommendations for policy and practice changes to achieve better infrastructure outcomes. It also highlighted areas where more information is needed about our infrastructure system. Many of these recommendations remain critically important.

The Strategy did not speak to specific investment decisions. Instead, it identified the settings, incentives and approaches that would lead to good investment decisions (Figure 9).

The Plan builds on the foundation of the Strategy by providing forward guidance on how to meet New Zealand’s infrastructure needs.