A Fork in the Road

by Claire Edmondson, General Manager, Infrastructure New Zealand It has been a while since New Zealanders got really excited about infrastructure, but looking at the programme for Building Nations 2021, there is plenty for the sector to be excited about. We are...

Holding the Three Waters Fort

by Alan Sutherland, Chief Executive, Water Industry Commission for Scotland The father of incentive-based (price cap) regulation, Professor Stephen Littlechild famously wrote that economic regulation was required “to hold the fort until competition arrived”. In gas,...

The deafening silence around infrastructure

by Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate Right now one fundamental issue is failing to ignite public debate in New Zealand. Infrastructure is the foundation of every single community – pipes, roads, power and more. But it is poorly understood, poorly appreciated and poorly...
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