Fixing the system
Image: Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard interviewing Transport, Infrastructure and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Chris Bishop says we need to move...
Category : Policy
Civil contractors demand certainty
David Howard has used his last conference speech as Civil Contractors New Zealand President to highlight the importance of certainty in infrastructure planning, no matter...
Helping set the agenda
Politicians are shifting from governance to campaign mode ahead of the general election in November, writes Holly Bennett, the Managing Director of Awhi Group. Every...
Sharper tender market signalled in Budget 2026
Businesses that are ready before procurement starts will have an advantage, writes Nick Cowan, Plan A General Manager. Budget 2026 gives civil contractors a clearer...
What we can control in times of instability
By Alan Pollard, CEO, CCNZ I recall a line from an old Kiwi movie: “There is one thing for sure in this world, and that is...
Contractors and civil emergencies
The end may be in sight for the exclusion of civil contractors from emergency management committees writes Hugh de Lacy. A hint that the government...
Keeping good records
Katrina Van Houtte (Partner) and Josiah Kemp (Solicitor) in Dentons’ Major Projects and Construction team explain why you need a strong paper trail when it...
Emergency works and RMA reform
Image: PM Chris Luxon with CCNZ CEO Alan Pollard at the 2024 National Excavators Operators’ Competition. The CCNZ draft submission to the Natural Environment Bill...
RMA changes – the CCNZ submission
In January CCNZ prepared an issues paper to canvas members’ views on key aspects of the Natural Environment Bill and the Planning Bill before preparing...
Some of our ministries have been thinking
Wellington has solved the country’s 50-year ‘productivity’ puzzle, explains Roger Partridge. Republished from Plain Thinking at Substack.com. According to a new 60-page joint briefing from...