This blog post highlights a growing crisis in New Zealand’s infrastructure due to inadequate maintenance and poor asset management practices, calling for a nationwide shift toward proactive, long-term planning and investment in existing infrastructure.
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costly crisis response instead of prevention
\\ \\ 8 August 2025\\ \\ Blog\\ \\ **NZ infrastructure faces crisis as maintenance lags behind** \\ \\ When we think about infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand, most of us picture the obvious: the roads we drive on, the pipes that carry our water, the schools our children attend, the hospitals that keep us healthy. What we don’t often consider is the huge amount of work that needs to go into keeping those assets up to scratch.\\ \\ K\\ \\ Kali MercierSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
