How big do we want to be?
Infrastructure NZ chief executive Nick Leggett joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the scale of our country’s infrastructure challenges, and the bipartisan approach we’ll need to face them.
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Show Notes
It’s no secret that Aotearoa is facing a range of monumental infrastructure challenges — much has been made lately of the state of our water pipes, ferries, railways and roads. Successive generations of decision makers have kicked the infrastructure maintenance can down the road, and now we are facing a huge bill if we want to keep pace with our growing population.
Infrastructure NZ chief executive Nick Leggett joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the scale of the infrastructure challenge facing New Zealand, and how overseas countries have approached similar issues.
Ultimately, it all comes down to one key question: how big do we want our population to be in the future?
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