In the run-up to the 2024 budget, infrastructure chiefs only want commitment

Infrastructure groups want several things from the 2024 Budget: clarity, urgency and funding. But the biggest concern was commitment.

In early April, four infrastructure sector leaders wrote a letter to Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop their concerns. Unlike the rest of the world, New Zealand's sector slowed. Burdened by complicated processes and with little project continuity, the company was steadily hemorrhaging valuable personnel to overseas markets.