New Zealand's first national infrastructure plan unveiled

The country's first National Infrastructure Plan has landed, laying out an 'affordable' plan to tackle the country's infrastructure woes.

The 226-page report discusses "formidable challenges" to New Zealand's roads, water pipes, power lines, hospitals, schools and courts.

It said building and maintaining infrastructure was becoming more expensive as climate change was making the natural hazard risks more severe.

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