National Infrastructure Funding and Financing is the New Zealand Government’s investor shopfront for private capital investments into public infrastructure and the centre of expertise on the funding and financing of New Zealand infrastructure.
We partner with the private sector, iwi, and local and central government agencies on infrastructure projects involving private finance and alternative procurement models, including Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and advising on complex financing structures.
We finance transactions under the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act and manage several Government infrastructure funds including the Cyclone Recovery, Infrastructure Reference Group, Rural Drinking Water and various connectivity related funds such as Marae Digital Connectivity and Rural Broadband and Mobile funds.
Originally formed in 2009 as Crown Fibre Holdings, the organisation successfully rolled out the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) programme providing Fibre-To-The-Home to 87% of population, marking it as the largest co-funded public-private infrastructure initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our role has expanded to include partnering with private sector, central and local government, NGOs and iwi to fund, finance and deliver infrastructure, including connectivity, water, transport, flood protection, community facilities and social infrastructure.
GOVERNMENT
Our Shareholding Ministers are the Minister of Finance and the Minister for Infrastructure:
Hon Nicola Willis
Hon Chris Bishop
Portfolio Ministers are:
Minister for Infrastructure and of Transport Hon Chris Bishop
Minister for Media and Communications Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery Hon Mark Mitchell
Minister of Local Government Hon Simon Watts
MBIE
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Communications Policy group is the Monitoring group for connectivity programmes.
To find out more please go to the MBIE page.
Treasury
The Treasury monitors the Infrastructure Reference Group programme (IRG) along with the Infrastructure Reference Group (IRG) Ministers.
It also monitors the Infrastructure Funding and Financing (IFF) programme alongside Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD).
To find out more please go to The Treasury page.
DIA
Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is the monitor for the Water Infrastructure Programmes, Rural and Marae Drinking Water, Local Water Done Well, Cyclone Recovery and Climate Resilience Funds.
To find out more please go to the DIA page.
