National Infrastructure Plan

Page updated 13 Apr 2010

The Minister for Infrastructure, the Hon Bill English, announced the release of the first National Infrastructure Plan on 2 March 2010. Its publication follows consultation with the National Infrastructure Advisory Board and the industry on the Treasury’s Infrastructure: Facts and Issues paper.

The Plan outlines the Government’s infrastructure priorities, describes the planned investment and provides a snapshot of public and private infrastructure. It will give infrastructure providers greater certainty about the Government’s plans and allow planners and stakeholders to have a clear sense of what is happening across a range of sectors.

It confirms that there are bottlenecks in roading and electricity, which are being addressed by the Government's step-up in investment. Otherwise it finds that New Zealand's infrastructure is generally sound and that there are no obvious looming crises in the near term (five years). Planning across sectors is variable, however, and identifying New Zealand's needs 10-20 years ahead will be a major focus of the next plan.

The National Infrastructure Unit has made available a list of projects that are currently known to the Unit.

Developing the National Infrastructure Plan

The Minister for Infrastructure, the Hon Bill English, announced the release of the document Infrastructure: Facts and Issues on 7 September 2009. A copy of the Minister's media statement can be found on the Beehive website: Government Welcomes Infrastructure Paper (7 September 2009).

The Treasury developed the 'Infrastructure: Facts and Issues' document as a basis for engagement with targeted stakeholders while it worked towards developing the first National Infrastructure Plan.

More than 100 submissions were received. These were summarised into a report for the Minister, which can be viewed below. Those submissions that we have been given permission to release are available at Submissions on the Infrastructure: Facts and Issues Document.

Documents listed here are available in Adobe PDF format only. HTML versions can be supplied on request by Information Services at the Treasury. Using PDF Files