National Infrastructure Plan aims to ‘build common ground’, floats increased health and electricity spending

National Infrastructure Plan aims to ‘build common ground’, floats increased health and electricity spending
According to guidance from the Infrastructure Commission, NZ should spend a larger share of GDP on health and hospitals. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
New Zealand needs to spend proportionately more on hospitals and electricity networks in the coming years, and less on sectors like transport.That’s one of the key findings in the draft National Infrastructure Plan, which was released by the NZ Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga, at a symposium in Wellington on Wednesday.The plan, which builds on the 2022 NZ Infrastructure Strategy, includes 17 projects endorsed by the Commission through the first round of the Infrastructure Priorities Programme (IPP) – a system meant to give de...

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