On 29 January 2020, the New Zealand Upgrade Programme was announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The programme is a $12 billion infrastructure package to improve roads, rail, hospitals and schools around the country,[1][2] of which $8 billion has been allocated and the other $4 billion is part of the infrastructure section of the 2020 budget.[3]
- ^ "$12-billion infrastructure announcement, big Auckland projects advance". Stuff/Fairfax. 29 January 2020.
- ^ Coughlan, Thomas (29 January 2020). "Government announces billions of infrastructure spending, with roads the big winner". Stuff. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Bradford, Katie. "Government reveals projects the $8 billion infrastructure upgrade programme will be spent on". 1 News. TVNZ. Retrieved 2 February 2020.