infrastructure

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 February 202301 June 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle has washed out utilities, swamped roads, and claimed at least six bridges across the east coast and Hawke’s Bay. With […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 September 2020

Complex repairs begin tomorrow night on a key piece of Auckland’s roading infrastructure. Friday’s accident closed half the lanes on […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 May 202006 May 2020

In a bid to kick-start the economy post-lockdown, a number of projects will effectively bypass the Resource Management Act. The proposal […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 September 201918 September 2019

The government has released the report of an independent inquiry into the fuel supply disruption caused by the rupture of a key […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 July 201904 July 2019

Central Government could do more to help councils deal with the growing threat of climate change, according to a new […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 March 201928 March 2019

The West Coast region of the South Island has declared a state of emergency following torrential rain on Tuesday night […]

In the News | Published: 27 October 201711 April 2018

New Zealand’s wastewater and stormwater infrastructure have asset values well over $20 billion, but much of it was not designed […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 24 July 2013

Prof Shaun Hendy (Victoria University of Wellington and Callaghan Innovation) looks at the relationship between city size and smarts in […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 20 June 201217 July 2017

Electric vehicles are now a global reality, but what are the market and regulatory challenges we face in creating an […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 October 201127 October 2011

A leak in the Maui natural gas pipeline has caused a large outage of gas dependent services in the North […]