NATIONAL SHOULD NOT DODGE DEBATE
The Dominion Post
27 August 2008
Opposition leader John Key could be forgiven for suspecting that Maurice Williamson is a Labour Party sleeper who was placed in National's ranks years ago and is now being activated in Prime Minister Helen Clark's hour of greatest need. More>
TOLL DEBATE TURNING SURREAL
New Zealand Herald
27 August 2008
The communist politicians who run the world's most poulous nation must look with some benusement at how New Zealand's "private enterprise" party has twisted itself into knots over road tolls. More>
GOVERNMENT WELCOMES STEERING GROUP FINDING ON WATERVIEW CONNECTION PPP
Annette King - Government Press Release
25 August 2008
The Government has released the report of the Waterview Connection Procurement Steering Group, welcoming the finding that procuring the Waterview Connection of Auckland's Western Ring Route as a public private partnership (PPP) could deliver greater value than conventional procurement. More>
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TUNNEL VISION OVER PPPS IS WRONG
New Zealand Herald
13 August 2008
Another election and once more politicians in the right are dangling the carrot of private partnerships (PPP) for cuilding roads and other infrastructure before a drooling audience. More>
KIWIFM: WALLACE AND MANNING ANALYSE NAT'S PPP POLICY
Scoop Audio
4 August 2008
Scoop co-editor Selwyn Manning raises the question: If a National govt builds the infrastructure, will it also pay for the service? More>
ALLIANCE CONTRACTING
The attached article provides a useful contrast between alliance and turnkey contracts and signals a possible future evolution of Public-Private Partnership. More>
A MAJOR REVAMP NEEDED
Dean Seymour - The Press
28 April 2008
The term PPP has become more common in the media recently, but readers may still not be clear about what it means. A PPP can take many forms... More>
ARC OPPOSED TO TUNNEL ALLIANCE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 April 2008
Auckland Regional Council officers are reccommending against any partnership between the public and private sectors for Transit New Zealand's $1.89 billion Waterview motorway tunnels project. More>
MAJOR BOOST URGED FOR THREE AREAS
Peter Griffin - New Zealand Herald
20 March 2008
The New Zealand Institute has called for a more cohesive, long-term strategy on research and development funding, broadband development and growing the ICT industry with the aim of embracing the "weightless economy". More>
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PROJECT SENDS BILLIONS DOWN THE TUBE (LONDON)
New Zealand Herald
15 February 2008
"There simply wasn't enough equity at risk to give incentives for Metronet to perform" More>
SAFEGUARDS IMPERATIVE FOR TUNNEL
New Zealand Herald
15 February 2008
The devil will doubtless be in the detail when a steering body assessing the feasibility of a public-private partnership completing the western ring route reports back to the Government in five months. More>
TOLLS COULD FUND $2B ROAD TUNNEL
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
8 February 2008
Huge project likely to be first public-private partnership: Cullen. More>
GOV'T MULLS PRIVATE PARTNER
Collin Espiner - The Press
8 February 2008
The Government is considering letting the private sector help build and operate billions of dollars' worth of new infrastructure development- just months after ruling out the controversial funding system. More>
PRIVATE FUNDS MAY HELP PAY FOR GULLY
Martin Kay - The Dominion Post
8 February 2008
Wellington ratepayers could avoid having to dip into their wallets for Transmission Gully as the Government examines private funding of major roads. More>
$2.3 BILLION TOLL TUNNEL TIPPED FOR M-WAY LINK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 February 2008
Public and private sector could steer project. More>
$150 MILLION FUND SET UP TO PUT PROJECTS ON TRACK
Graham Skellern - Bayof Plenty Times
4 February 2008
The Bay's regional council is aiming to raise $150 million from the public by early March and establish an investment fund that will fast-track local infrastructure projects. More>
BAY DRIVERS MAY FACE 5C FUEL TAX TO PAY FOR TOLL ROAD
Graham Skellern - Bay of Plenty Times
4 February 2008
Bay motorists could be hit with a 5c a litre petrol tax and $100 million worth of tolls to help pay for the proposed $470m Tauranga Eastern Motorway from Te Maunga to Paengaroa. More>
NEW ZEALAND COULD LEARN ALOT FROM SCANDINAVIA
Paul Winter - The Dominion Post
24 October 2007
It is vital for New Zealand's success in a rapidly globalising and highly competitive world that we break out of old 20th-Century paradigms that limit our thinking if we want to significantly improve our society, socially, economically and environmentally. More>
REGIONAL TAXES WILL HIKE FUEL COST
Waikato Times
19 October 2007
Petrol prices in some areas are likely to jump 10c a litre from July to pay for road and rail projects as the Government moves to allow regional fuel taxes. More>
THE PPP DEBATE
Arwen Hann - The Press
10 October 2007
The National Party's announcement that it would consider public-private partnerships to fund New Zealand schools attracted a torrent of rhetoric from the Government, unions and advocates for and against. More>
NATIONAL ANNOUNCE INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT BORROWING
Tim Hunter - Sunday Start Times
7 October 2007
Bill English, Finance spokesman for the National party, has announced their intention to increase government borrowing for investment into infrastructure. More>
GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES LOCAL AUTHORITIES INTO SMALL INVESTORS
Garry Sheeran - Sunday Star Times
7 October 2007
Government have made changes to the securities legislation, due to come into effect next year, is designed to encourage local authorities into public debt securities market. More>
USING PPP'S MAKES SENSE ARGUES HUGH KETTLE
The Dominion Post - Hugh Kettle
3 October 2007
Public Private Partnerships are being used in Britain successfully to build hospitals, schools and many other government buildings. More>
STUDY SHOWS IMPROVEMENTS IN SCHOOLS FUNDED BY PPP'S
New Zealand Herald - Martha McKenzie-Minifie
2 October 2007
An Australian study of schools funded by PPP's found improvements in building times and a greater ability to focus on education. More>
PRIVATISATION COULD IMPROVE SCHOOLS
New Zealand Herald - Herald Editorial
2 October 2007
New Zealand Herald editorial comments on the application of public private partnerships in schools. More>
