National Infrastructure Plan

Page updated 2 Mar 2010

The National Infrastructure Plan was released on 2 March 2010 and will be updated every three years.

The Minister for Infrastructure, the Hon Bill English, announced the release of the National Infrastructure Plan on 2 March 2010.

This is the first National Infrastructure Plan to be released by the Government. It follows consultation with the National Infrastructure Advisory Board and with 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 ensure that planners and stakeholders have a clear sense of what is happening across a range of sectors.

The Plan confirms there are bottlenecks in roading and electricity but these are being addressed by the Government's step-up in investment. Otherwise it finds New Zealand's infrastructure is generally sound and there are no obvious looming crises in the near term (five years).

The Plan finds planning across sectors is variable and we probably don't know enough about the country's needs 10-20 years out. Identifying these gaps will be a major focus of the next plan.

Accompanying the National Infrastructure Plan, the National Infrastructure Unit is making 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 works 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. Submissions that submitters have agreed 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