Night train solution for Auckland rail freight bottleneck
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 9 (BusinessDesk) - KiwiRail could run "platoons" of freight trains from West Auckland to the south of the city between 9pm and 3am to stave off the estimated $1.5 billion cost of unblocking current under-capacity through the Auckland isthmus, chief ex...
Farmers face $1b bill to meet new freshwater requirements
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Government proposals to radically improve the quality of New Zealand’s freshwater resources look likely to cost farmers at least $1 billion over 10 years. Environment and Agriculture ministers David Parker and Damien O’Connor rel...
Big hydro generators offered protection from new water regime
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Government efforts to improve freshwater quality have run up against its 100 percent renewable electricity goal, requiring protection for the country’s largest hydro-electricity schemes from key elements of the proposed new National...
Opportunity for big end of town in KiwiBuild's 'build-to-rent' initiative
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 4 (BusinessDesk) - Large-scale institutional investors and infrastructure developers will be eligible to propose 'build-to-rent' developments under one of the new elements of the revamped KiwiBuild scheme, announced by Housing Minister Megan Woods tod...
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