How investment deal for regions can successfully improve infrastructure

How investment deal for regions can successfully improve infrastructure
The dealmakers coming soon to a region near you: Housing and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop with Transport and Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. (Image: NZ Herald)
Jem Traylen
The Government has announced its framework for a new approach to partnering with local government called “regional deals”. Jem Traylen talks to the experts about what’s needed to make them work.Ministers will soon pick five lucky regions to negotiate a special deal with the Government, the first of which is expected to be signed and sealed in 2025.But why will everyone be envious of these lucky five when Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has been clear regional deals aren’t about cash handouts? “There is no ma...

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