Infrastructure for a Better Future
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Infrastructure for a
Better Future
Response summary
Our lives rely on infrastructure. We need it to get around,
get ready for the future and get ahead as a country.
In March 2021 we asked New Zealanders what they want
Aotearoa to look like in 2050. What we’ve heard will shape
the development of a 30-year infrastructure strategy.
The strategy will lay the foundation for the people, places
and businesses of Aotearoa to thrive for generations.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey
conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission,
Te Waihanga. The survey was open to New Zealanders for
23,638
responses
8,500+
comments made
feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more
information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nzNew Zealander’s spent over With an average of Over a time period of
2,300 hours 6 minutes 45 days.
engaging. per response.
We heard from a wide range of New Zealanders:
Responses from all
over Aotearoa 577 Northland
8,128 Auckland 869 Bay of Plenty Gender
1,390 Waikato 79 Gisborne
56% Female
280 Taranaki 322 Hawkes Bay
42% Male
528 Manawatū-Whanganui
269 Tasman 5,581 Wellington 1% Another gender
200 Nelson 157 Marlborough 1% Not specified
105 West Coast 3,607 Canterbury
205 Southland 1,279 Otago
Ethnicity
Age 81% European/Pākehā
5% Māori
1,250
5% Other
1,000
4% Not specified
750
3% Asian
500
1% Pacific peoples
250
1% Middle Eastern/
0 Latin American/African
Under 15 15–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 85+
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
2 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryWe identified 15 current issues.
You told us which were most important:
More important
1. We do not always have safe drinking water 70%
2. Our lack of recycling means we create too much waste 67%
3. We have ageing schools and hospitals 62%
4. We can’t afford houses where we want to live 61%
5. It takes too long to build new transport options 60%
Rural communities face inequities
6. Our cities can’t keep up with growth 60% Unreliable, infrequent in terms of infrastructure and
public transport. access to healthcare and education.
Anonymous, Bay of Plenty Anonymous, Canterbury
7. It is hard to use public transport in certain areas 58%
54%
You added
8. It takes too long to get around our cities Poor use of rail and Good planning for major
coastal shipping… disasters needed.
3,757
Anonymous, Canterbury Anonymous, Waikato
Our key infrastructure is vulnerable
9.
to natural disasters 52%
10.
Our smaller towns struggle
to pay for infrastructure 44% other issues. Our roading is terrible
in the North, this needs
Food security. remedying.
Anonymous, Auckland Anonymous, Northland
Our cybersecurity needs to
11. be taken more seriously 42%
We are not using technology
12.
as well as we could 37%
It’s expensive to move
13.
goods around the country 34%
Less important
We do not get good mobile and
14.
internet coverage everywhere 32%
It is too hard to access
15.
certain parts of the country 30%
*% of people who said ‘very important’.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
3 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryWe asked about three future scenarios.
You told us which ideas we should consider:
How should we make it easier, faster
and more reliable to get around?
1. Improve public transport 75%
2. Reduce the need to travel 58%
3. Enable people to live closer to their work 48%
4. Make better use of the roads we have 43%
Need second Auckland Reduce reliance on
5. Build more roads 28% Harbour crossing. imported products.
Anonymous, Auckland Anonymous, Otago
How should we ensure we have safe Plan 100 years ahead Build more hydro power
and reliable water in the future? (life time of pipes) to stations for long term
factor in managed retreat. supply continuity.
80%
You added
1. Invest in our water networks Jenny, Nelson Ian, Waikato
2. Use technology to save water
47%
76%
Look at innovation to
turn our waste into 3,226 Using green spaces
to improve pollinator
other ideas.
3. Make better use of our water networks
resources. populations.
Maintain the water Anonymous, Tasman Anonymous, Auckland
4. networks we have 34%
How should we prepare for the
impacts of climate change?
1. Produce less waste 85%
2. Increase the use of technology 69%
3. Reduce the use of fossil fuels 65%
4. Improve our resilience to climate change events 64%
*% of people who said ‘definitely’.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
4 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryWhen making decisions about future scenarios,
we asked you what we should prioritise.
You told us your priorities:
Planet
People Jobs
16,854 26,221 15,166
Number of times chosen as a ‘very high’ priority in the three scenarios.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
5 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryBy 2050, you told us that to
get around faster and more reliably...
We use more public transport and active modes.
3,039 comments made on this
scenario and related issues
Greater and safer access to Make it more pleasant to use
Reliable, frequent and cheap Transport connection. Allow
cycling and walking. Improve active modes by reducing traffic
public transport to encourage users to use different buses
health, lower emissions reduce speeds to 30 in all urban and
more people to use it. for a certain time.
road congestion. suburban areas.
Anonymous, Auckland Anonymous, Otago
Kathleen, Canterbury Anonymous, Wellington
1 in 4 comments mentioned 1 in 6 comments mentioned making
improving public transport. it better to use active modes.
Only 28% of respondents said
‘definitely’ to building more roads.
Invest in rail freight networks
Fast rail between Auckland
and get as many trucks off
and Wellington.
the road as possible.
Anonymous, Hawke’s Bay
Grifen, Northland
3 out of 4 respondents said ‘definitely’
to improving public transport.
1 in 4 comments mentioned increasing the use
of rail for the movement of people and goods.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
6 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryBy 2050, you told us that to
get around faster and more reliably...
We travel less frequently and not as far. We use lower carbon ways to travel.
3,039 comments made on this
scenario and related issues
Rather than allowing the big Incentives for energy-saving behaviour.
To eliminate fossil fuels
Requiring companies to allow cities to continually sprawl, At present there is no incentive to
we need to make electric
people to work from home why not encourage large switch to more environmentally-
vehicles cheaper and easier
as first option. business to relocate to the friendly energy sources (such as PV
to fill.
Anonymous, Northland regions. solar), or to use low-carbon transport.
Anonymous, Canterbury
Matt, Taranaki Anonymous, Southland
About 150 comments mentioned flexible About 120 comments mentioned
working and the changing nature of work. the need for low carbon transport.
We are stuck in old ways of working (e.g. 9-to-5 work from a central 48% of respondents said ‘definitely’ to
office location we need to commute to), and we are not adopting enabling people to live closer to their work.
more efficient and productive ways of working and spreading out
the demand on our infrastructure...
Anonymous, Hawke’s Bay
65% of respondents said ‘definitely’
to reducing the use of fossil fuels.
58% of respondents said ‘definitely’
to reducing the need to travel.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
7 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryBy 2050, you told us that to have
safe and reliable drinking water…
We need to address the number one issue. We have a robust water network.
1,950 comments made on this
scenario and related issues
4 out of 5 respondents said ‘definitely’
1. We do not always have safe drinking water 70% to investing more in our water networks…
The issue most
respondents said was
‘very important’. Water networks for wastewater
and stormwater, as well as Storm water drainage is
drinking water, need to be inadequate in our region.
upgraded. Bruno, Tasman
Anonymous, Canterbury
About 150 comments mention the need
to invest more in water networks.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
8 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryBy 2050, you told us that to have
safe and reliable drinking water…
We manage our water sustainably.
1,950 comments made on this
scenario and related issues
The drinking water quality issue
Clean water begins at the Technology for grey water
in NZ has multiple ultimate More private water storage
source so our waterways need use in residential homes.
causes related to both source systems to encourage
protecting from all manner E.g. Water from showers,
water and infrastructure homeowners to store water...
of pollution. baths and sinks.
problems. Anonymous, Auckland
Dorz, Waikato Anonymous, Hawke’s Bay
Mike, Canterbury
About 100 comments mentioned About 200 of comments mentioned
pollution of waterways as a concern. different ways to store and manage water.
For saving water, I object to
We need meters on the network, charging for it but gamifying
3 out of 4 respondents said ‘definitely’ to effectively measure usage it could be a better option.
to using technology to save water. and waste.
Anonymous, Wellington
Get towns and cities competing
to use less water.
Anonymous, Taranaki
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
9 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryBy 2050, you told us that to prepare
for the impacts of climate change…
We produce less waste. We adopt low carbon technologies.
2,015 comments made on this
scenario and related issues
2 out of 3 respondents rated ‘Our lack 2 out of 3 respondents said ‘definitely’
of recycling means we create too much to ‘increase the use of technology’.
waste’ as ‘very important’.
85% of respondents said ‘definitely’
to producing less waste. Reduce water pollution through
Building enviro-friendly
apartments and more quality
education, incentives and use
and affordable accommodation
of technology.
in cities is a good idea.
Anonymous, Canterbury
Marianne, Northland
Recycling is like mopping the Waste management and
floor when the bath overflows – recycling is very poor in NZ.
we need to turn off the tap! Ban We need to be able to
unnecessary plastic packaging. recycle our own rubbish.
Judith, Auckland Anonymous, Southland
1 in 12 comments mentioned adopting new
technologies to be more environmentally friendly.
1 in 8 comments mentioned recycling and/
or reducing waste and rubbish. We are not utilising smart
All new houses should be technologies to improve
solar powered. NZ services and our overall
Anonymous, Auckland productivity.
Anonymous, Wellington
Put pressure on business rather
Work on waste free solutions. than consumers to reduce waste
Dorz, Waikato and eliminate plastic.
Saskia, Wellington
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
10 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryBy 2050, you told us that to prepare
for the impacts of climate change…
We make critical infrastructure more resilient to climate change.
2,015 comments made on this
scenario and related issues
64% of respondents said ‘definitely’ Half of respondents rated ‘Our key
to improving our resilience to infrastructure is vulnerable to natural
climate change events. disasters’ as ‘very important’.
We are not building climate Yes move people re climate Doing everything we can to
resilience in our infrastructure. change to lower impact areas. mitigate climate change.
Anonymous, Auckland Anonymous, Canterbury Nardia, Bay of Plenty
1 in 10 comments mentioned responding to climate change.
We need to increase our resilience to upcoming climate change by
retaining our natural resources, and encouraging local, small scale,
sustainable economies and technologies. This would also help
reduce our impact on the earth.
Anonymous, Tasman
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
11 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryTo help build a better Aotearoa,
we need to...
Get infrastructure delivered faster. Fund infrastructure in different ways.
The current infrastructure This is the year to get these Some areas are funded better
It costs far too much money
projects take too long to decisions made. We move than others in terms of education
to build infrastructure in
finish and won’t have a remarkably slowly as a small and other infrastructure based on
NZ compared with other
current population... Shouldn’t it
long term impact. country of 5 million. be based on predicted population??
countries.
Anonymous, Auckland Anonymous, Canterbury David, Auckland
Anonymous, Waikato
400+ comments mentioned speeding 250+ comments mentioned the cost/funding
up the infrastructure delivery process. of infrastructure and ways to pay for it.
We need more housing and other
Growth itself (population, key infrastructure to keep up with
economy, etc) – isn’t sustainable. the population we have before
bringing new people in to boost
Anonymous, Bay of Plenty
a false economic growth figure. 44% of respondents rated ‘Our smaller
Anonymous, Auckland towns struggle to pay for infrastructure’
as ‘very important’.
350+ comments mentioned
coping with population growth.
3 out of 5 respondents rated ‘our cities can’t
keep up with growth’ as ‘very important’.
3 out of 5 respondents rated ‘it takes
too long to build transport options’
as ‘very important’.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
12 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryTo help build a better Aotearoa,
we need to...
Prioritise the environment Coordinate our infrastructure
in our decision making. effort more effectively.
Many councils, particularly
Without prioritising a climate How quickly is much less of small councils are chronically
Tackling climate change should change actions the issues an issue than having reliability under resourced, lack skilled
be a high priority. around jobs and people and certainty – be that project and qualified staff at all levels
Anonymous, Northland will be much worse. delivery or undertaking a journey. from operator to technical to
Anonymous, Waikato Anonymous, Wellington management.
Anonymous, Hawkes Bay
850+ comments mentioned prioritising or Around 250 comments mentioned the need to
protecting our environment. coordinate the ownership/delivery of infrastructure.
Planet was the top priority Stop urban sprawl. Our cities
Our housing and urban planning
is no longer suitable to meet
in all 3 scenarios. need to go up not out.
human and climate needs.
Sandra, Otago
Emile, Wellington
Around 250 comments mentioned the need for
better urban and spatial design and planning.
The results in this report are from the Aotearoa 2050 survey conducted by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga.
13 The survey was open to New Zealanders for feedback from 22 March 2021 to 2 May 2021. For more information visit www.aotearoa2050.infrastructure.govt.nz Response summaryYou can also read
