NZ First urges caution on PPPs and overseas investment

NZ First urges caution on PPPs and overseas investment
Shane Jones says the party isn't about to forget the lessons of Transmission Gully. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
New Zealand First’s infrastructure spokesperson, Shane Jones, has sounded the alarm over public-private partnerships in a move that could make for rocky discussions over infrastructure funding after the election. Jones said serious lessons needed to be learned from the Transmission Gully project before any more large public-private partnership projects (PPPs) were taken on. “Whilst we need to keep an open mind about the blend of private and public capital, we’re hugely unimpressed by what that model has delivered in...

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