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OMV aims to start Maui drilling next month
Coronavirus

OMV aims to start Maui drilling next month

OMV is hoping to get an in-fill drilling programme underway from the Maui A platform next month.

Gavin Evans 19 May 2020
BUDGET 2020: Water and waste at top of infrastructure spending queue
Economy

BUDGET 2020: Water and waste at top of infrastructure spending queue

Water projects and waste management are priorities for the government as it spends the next couple of weeks deciding which projects will get the green light.

Paul McBeth 15 May 2020
BUDGET 2020: State house building programme more than doubled
Budget 2020 Free

BUDGET 2020: State house building programme more than doubled

The Budget includes funding for 8,000 new state-owned houses, more than doubling the current programme to build 6,400 homes for both residential and transitional housing for homeless people. The house-building programme will be delivered buy state housing agency Kainga Ora, an...

Pattrick Smellie 14 May 2020
BUDGET 2020: Just $3b for ‘shovel-ready’ projects
Budget 2020 Free

BUDGET 2020: Just $3b for ‘shovel-ready’ projects

The Budget’s promise of a wave of investment in new “shovel-ready” projects is far smaller than the bidders behind $136 billion of aspiring projects would have wished for.At $3 billion, the total set aside for projects that can be started in the next year is even smaller than the...

Pattrick Smellie 14 May 2020


Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis

Infrastructure Editor

Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South. 

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