New Zealand draft infrastructure plan outlines need for more hospitals, electricity


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  • Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: The view of the entrance to the hospital in Whakatane, New Zealand, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Wednesday released a draft 30-year national infrastructure plan, which highlighted a need for the country to invest more in hospitals and electricity production and to prepare to spend more on responding to national disasters.

The plan aims to improve infrastructure preparations and introduce a less politically driven approach to infrastructure investment, which critics say has been impacted by electoral cycles with the stop-start results being costly for large projects.

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