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Infrastructure for a Better Future
by Te Waihanga
Welcome to the Te Waihanga ‘Infrastructure for a Better Future’ podcast – a series where we talk to experts both from here and overseas about the infrastructure challenges we are facing. The episodes focus on the key areas of Rautaki Hanganga o Aotearoa – New Zealand’s Infrastructure Strategy. Find out more about the strategy at strategy.tewaihanga.govt.nz
Episodes
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Very simple and very beautiful
Michel Virlogeux is a structural engineer and bridge specialist whose career spans more than 50 years, including work on the Normandy Bridge and Millau Viaduct. During a recent visit to New Zealand for the Bridge and Geotechnical Conference 2026, Michel sat down with Peter Nunns, General Manager…
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Global insights: Better infrastructure through shared learning
In this episode of the ‘Infrastructure for a better future’ podcast series, Professor Jim Hall, Institution of Civil Engineers Past President and chair of the Enabling Better Infrastructure steering group in the UK, speaks to Geoff Cooper, Chief Executive at the New Zealand Infrastructure...
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Managing the health of our assets
In this episode of Infrastructure for a better future, Jessie Lea, Special Advisor – Asset Management at Te Waihanga, speaks to Stacey Marsh, Head of Infrastructure Asset Management at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. Jessie and Stacey speak about their career journeys into asset management…
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Asset management capability
Earlier this year Andy Jinks, Regional Director - Midlands at National Highways UK, spoke at our infrastructure symposium. While Andy was here, Jessie Lea, Special Advisor - Asset Management at Te Waihanga, sat down with him to talk through his experience in improving asset management capability…
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Looking after what we've got
In this episode of Infrastructure for a better future, Jessie Lea, Special Advisor - Asset Management at Te Waihanga, speaks to Jan Stoker, Senior Strategic Advisor Asset & Maintenance Management at the Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management, Netherlands, and Murray Pugh, Chief Executive…
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Thinking beyond growth
In this episode of Infrastructure for a better future, Graham Campbell, Director - Economics & Research at Te Waihanga, speaks to Charles Marohn, Founder and President of Strong Towns, after his recent visit to New Zealand from the United States. Graham spoke to Charles about his view of the...
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The heart of the city
Alain Bertaud is one of the world's most influential urbanists and a leading thinker on how cities actually work. He recently visited our offices and sat down with Te Waihanga Chief Executive, Geoff Cooper to talk about urban planning, zoning, congestion charging and the heart of the city.
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The Infrastructure Priorities Programme in action
The estate managed by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) spans the length of New Zealand. It covers 80,000 hectares of land, has over 7,000 buildings and includes every type of infrastructure across its camps and bases except for railway lines - and it used to have those. With responsibility of...
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Getting consensus right
It seems obvious when you think about it, but somehow, it's easy to forget – infrastructure is all about people. It's not about concrete and construction. These are just means to an end. When the people and communities who collectively use and pay for infrastructure are missing from being a...
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Playing the long game
Te Waihanga Director of Economics & Research, Graham Campbell, speaks with Chuck Marohn, Founder and President of U.S. non-profit Strong Towns. They talk about infrastructure in the U.S. and New Zealand, and what can make infrastructure more sustainable.
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Enabling better infrastructure
In this episode of our ongoing podcast series, Infrastructure for a Better Future, Te Waihanga Chief Executive Geoff Cooper speaks with Dr. Kerry Bobbins, Head of the Enabling Better Infrastructure Programme, convened by the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK). Kerry speaks about the challenges…
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A converging world
In this episode of Infrastructure for a better future, Peter Nunns, Acting General Manager – Strategy at Te Waihanga, speaks to Professor Jim Hall, who is the incoming President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in the United Kingdom. They discuss the Commission’s work on a National...
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Pricing our network infrastructure
We use a number of funding mechanisms to raise most of the money we need to pay for our network infrastructure services. Good infrastructure pricing is needed for efficient and sustainable infrastructure investment. Sometimes funding approaches are obvious and connected to how much we use, like...
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Unpacking local government debt
How does local government debt finance infrastructure? What are the options and what situations should they be used? In this podcast episode, Te Waihanga Senior Communications Advisor Shelly Biswell speaks to Principal Economist Graham Campbell about our recent research that looks into if local...
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Baselining the carbon impacts of education
In this episode of Infrastructure for a better future, we look at the Carbon Neutral Government Programme, which aims to accelerate emissions reduction in the public sector. In particularly, we look at the work being undertaken by the Ministry of Education. As part of this programme, the Ministry...
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Across the ditch: Choosing Victoria's future
Population growth is one of the biggest drivers of infrastructure services. More people, means more transport connections, more housing and more jobs. Last year, Infrastructure Victoria published research titled Choosing Victoria’s future that sketches out five urban form scenarios and makes the...
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Bridging the diversity gap
We know that teams that reflect our communities can listen better, understand better and better engage with our communities, and together can build better more resilient infrastructure. So why is it that only 11% of infrastructure workers identify as women? In this episode, Te Waihanga Director -...
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Shared resilience and Māori communities
How are researchers currently seeking to understand the role that indigenous communities play in infrastructure development including post-disaster recovery? How has engineering teaching changed to consider these issues? As part of our research into Māori engagement in infrastructure, Clare...
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Is our critical infrastructure vulnerable?
Is our critical infrastructure vulnerable? What does New Zealand need to do to ensure that it has the planning capabilities to effectively deal with natural disasters and other events when they occur? In this episode, Te Waihanga Senior Communications Advisor Simon Thomas speaks to Chair of the…
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Taking the long view – a tale of two bridges
Much of the infrastructure we build today will still be in use a century from now. Would we make better infrastructure decisions if we thought more about the long term?
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Planning for an uncertain future
The future is uncertain. While we can do our best to predict what will happen next month, next year, or fifty years from now, we can’t be sure what will actually happen. In this episode, Te Waihanga Senior Economist Nadine Dodge catch up with Brad Singh, to learn about how the transport team at...
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Thinking ahead: Protecting land for infrastructure
While the future is uncertain, when done well, corridor protection – designating or acquiring land for infrastructure in advance of when it’s needed – can have benefits for day and tomorrow. In this episode of ‘Infrastructure for a better future’, Nadine Dodge, Senior Economist – Strategy at Te...
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A global view of infrastructure project costs
Large-scale and complex infrastructure projects, often take longer and cost more than expected, but some places seem to get better results than others. In our latest podcast, we take a global view of infrastructure project costs and why certain places are better at delivering infrastructure on…
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Stormwater and resilience
Te Waihanga Principal Advisor - Strategy, Nik Green recently spoke to Senior Advisor - Delivery Christian Gamst about stormwater and resilience. This is part of our work to understand the severity of the January 2023 Auckland Anniversary weekend storm resulting in stormwater flooding in Auckland,...
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More than a labour of love
We need our cities to be attractive and inclusive places to live. An important aspect of achieving this is by ensuring our infrastructure services are accessible to everyone. Two Auckland Transport advisory groups – the Public Transport Advisory Group (PTAG) and the Capital Project Advisory Group...
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The climate cost of consenting
A recent report commissioned by Te Waihanga looks at how and why the consenting system needs to change for Aotearoa to deliver on it's net-zero targets. Sapere Research Group completed the research. Ross Copland, Chief Executive at Te Waihanga spoke to Corina Comendant, Senior Managing Economist…
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Infrastructure in a complex world
A changing macro-economic and geopolitical environment can act as either a headwind or tailwind to better infrastructure. In this complex world how does Aotearoa New Zealand make sure it can deliver successful infrastructure projects? How, and to what, do we shift our priorities as a small…
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Benchmarking the Cost of Infrastructure
To solve New Zealand's infrastructure challenges we need to deliver quality infrastructure at an affordable price. So, how much does it cost to build infrastructure in New Zealand? And how do we compare with other high-income countries? That's the subject of a report that we published last month,...
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Managing an award winning project
Earlier in 2022, a culvert replacement project won the award for Excellence in Environment and Sustainability, Best Public Works Project ($2–5 million) and Supreme Asset Management Excellence at the 2022 IPWEA (Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia) New Zealand Asset Management...
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Is our construction sector productive?
A recent report by Te Waihanga highlights the importance of productivity growth in reducing construction costs and addressing workforce demands. In this episode, the authors of the report, Hannah Ouellet Economist (secondment) and Peter Nunns Director of Economics, discuss their findings. Read…
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Congestion Charging in Stockholm
In episode two of our Infrastructure for a better future series we look to Stockholm. Stockholm was one of the first cities in the world to implement a congestion charge to reduce its traffic – and it worked. Following implementation of the charge, traffic was reduced by 20% and congestion by 30%...
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Health Infrastructure
Years of underinvestment in hospitals and other public health facilities mean that many are no longer fit for purpose. Health reforms offer an unprecedented opportunity to deliver a step change in how we plan and deliver health infrastructure. Recommendations from a recent health infrastructure...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Te Waihanga ‘Infrastructure for a Better Future’ podcast – a series where we talk to experts both from here and overseas about the infrastructure challenges we are facing. The episodes focus on the key areas of Rautaki Hanganga o Aotearoa – New Zealand’s Infrastructure Strategy. Find out more about the strategy at strategy.tewaihanga.govt.nz
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