Business Premium Employer groups issue their election wish-lists Local bodies criticised for lack of progress over the past three years. Dita De Boni Tue, 03 Sep 2019 local governmentinfrastructureEMAPPPsDita De Boni
Premium UN takes high-tech path to sustainable development goals The most crucial of the goals is implementation and that means tapping private sector expertise. Nevil Gibson Fri, 20 Apr 2018 Hong KongUN sustainable development goalsCyberportPPPs
Premium ‘Significant opportunity’ for private sector investment in Auckland infrastructure Grant Robertson says he wants to partner with the private sector to fund Auckland's infrastructure needs. NBR Contributor Mon, 11 Dec 2017 PPPsGrant RobertsonInfrastructure New ZealandStephen Selwood
Premium Ateed turns to private sector to help capture Auckland’s growth The symposium is an opportunity to talk more about Auckland's future economic growth. Mon, 27 Mar 2017 AucklandATEEDPatrick McVeighGridAKLPPPs
Premium SUBSCRIBER-ONLY POLL RESULT: Should foreign companies be allowed to bid for major infrastructure public private partnerships? A majority of NBR ONLINE subscribers polled say foreign companies should be allowed to throw their hat in the ring for public-private partnerships. NBR Contributor Fri, 06 Dec 2013 PPPsBusinessDesksubscriber-only poll result
Premium NZTA responds to corruption allegations against Leighton New Zealand Transport Agency chief executive Geoff Dangerfield says the agency is fully informed about corruption allegations levelled at Leighton Holdings, the Australian parent of the lead bidd Tue, 03 Dec 2013 PoliticsPPPsroadingnztatransmission gullyLeighton Contractorsgovernment tendersleighton holdingsGeoff Dangerfield
Premium Labour’s 'u-turn' on privatisation is nothing of the sort For over a decade now, if National has so much as suggested a contract cleaner for a university, Labour has howled “privatisation by stealth!” So when Labour finance spokesman David Cunliffe yesterday told an academic audience in Wellington that there should be more private investment in state-owned enterprises and more public-private partnerships, it looked like a significant u-turn. Fri, 26 Nov 2010 David CunliffePPPsLabour Partyprivatisation
Premium How PPPs change the game Last week's announcement requiring Crown agencies to consider alternative procurement options for new infrastructure projects kicked up a flurry of concern from privatisation critics.Speaking to NBR last week, NZ Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID) chief executive Stephen Selwood explained that public private partnerships (PPPs) do change the risk burden for the public sector – though not quite in the way the critics think. NBR Contributor Tue, 17 Aug 2010 PoliticsPPPsNZCID