Resend: Infrastructure & planning pipelines deep-frozen

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey · Dec 18, 2023 · 15m

(Resent to include correct audio. My apologies.)

TL;DR: Councils and infrastructure managers are warning unplanned and unbuilt-for population growth has created deficits worth hundreds of billions of dollars that councils will have to fund with double-digit rates increases for decades, unless they get extra funding tools or capital help from the Government. LGNZ, Āpōpō.

Meanwhile, the Government announced a review of Kāinga Ora’s finances and will forge ahead this week with repealing Three Waters and RMA legislation, both of which were designed to address the funding needs and planning…