Plenary, Infrastructure NZ ‘disappointed’ by courthouses PPP funding miss

The Ministry of Justice unsuccessfully sought funding in Budget 2025 for its PPP courthouse project to replace courts in Rotorua, pictured, and Auckland. (Image: NZME)

Oliver Lewis

Wed, 17 Sep 2025

One of the largest private infrastructure investors in Australia expressed disappointment at the New Zealand Government not funding a major courthouse replacement project in Budget 2025.Ministers promoted the project – a public-private partnership (PPP) to build and maintain new facilities in Auckland and Rotorua – to investors at the NZ Infrastructure Investment Summit in March.In a press release from the summit, Courts Minister Nicole McKee said the project was one of real significance, with an estimated capital investment of over...

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