Infrastructure

The cost of growth Infrastructure

The cost of growth

Morrison Low recently completed a study on the cost of growth at a number of local authorities. Consultant Stuart Cross (pictured) summarises some of the findings and challenges councils to talk more with their communities about the direct and indirect benefits of growth. Not all costs that are caused by growth can be recovered from...
Let councils write their own menus: Why Wellington would benefit Infrastructure

Let councils write their own menus: Why Wellington would benefit

The call for change at Infrastructure New Zealand's recent Building Nations Symposium in Wellington was loud and clear. Poll after poll showed a hearty appetite for a major rethink of how councils are structured, funded and mandated. In part three of this three-part series we look at Wellington City Council CEO Kevin Lavery's...
Moving mountains... Wanted: A major rethink on disaster risk management Infrastructure

Moving mountains... Wanted: A major rethink on disaster risk management

The call for change at Infrastructure New Zealand's recent Building Nations Symposium in Wellington was loud and clear. Poll after poll showed a hearty appetite for a major rethink of how councils are structured, funded and mandated. In part two of this three-part series, we mull over a warning note from Elizabeth Longworth that our...
Innovations in green infrastructure Infrastructure

Innovations in green infrastructure

Cities around the world are using green infrastructure to combat rising temperatures, improve air quality, protect buildings, improve energy efficiency, help prevent flooding and reduce noise. Patricia Moore reports on the ongoing push to paint places green. As Kermit the Frog famously croaked, ‘It’s not easy being green’....
Can councils help breathe new life into zombie towns? Infrastructure

Can councils help breathe new life into zombie towns?

Ross Waugh suggests different ways to combat the seemingly inevitable demise of many parts of small-town New Zealand and halt the march of the zombie towns. Is Marton a zombie town? It’s in a slower growing region of the country. It has a declining and rapidly-ageing population, although housing is still sought after. So at first...
Samantha Gain: The new face of public works engineering Infrastructure

Samantha Gain: The new face of public works engineering

Samantha Gain is manager, legal and procurement at the Greater Wellington Regional Council. She has also just been elected president of IPWEA NZ. She took time out at the organisation’s annual conference in Dunedin to talk with Ruth Le Pla about her priorities for her new role, how IPWEA NZ is evolving and the significance of being the...
Far horizons: Asset management and long-term planning Infrastructure

Far horizons: Asset management and long-term planning

How well are councils adapting to the longer timeframes and deeper analysis now required under 30-year infrastructure planning regimes? Ruth Le Pla takes a look at a recent Audit New Zealand report. Six councils got a pat on the back for good performance by Audit New Zealand in its first major review of asset management plans since...
Quakes may shake up best-laid plans Infrastructure

Quakes may shake up best-laid plans

Earthquake damage in Kaikoura and Wellington is causing a massive rethink to infrastructure  priorities. So it’s just as well the Treasury National Infrastructure Unit’s recent Ten-year Capital Intentions Plan 2016 came with a large caveat. Released prior to the first major earthquake, the report portends to be the “best...
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