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. Holly...
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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...
Keeping our heads under pressure
By Alan Pollard, CEO, CCNZ. How the world has changed since the US and Israel attacked Iran. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to understand...
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...
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...
Election date consequences
Peter Dunne provides an interesting perspective on the Government’s choice of election date. This year’s general election will be held on November 7; a date...
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...
Struggling major parties
There is a crisis of confidence affecting the two old parties, National and Labour, and it is getting worse, writes Peter Dunne. Between them presently...