Women in Infrastructure: Four leaders warn skills shortage threatens $200b project pipeline
Four prominent female leaders in New Zealand's infrastructure sector argue that the country must shift from viewing infrastructure as individual projects to a long-term, integrated nation-building strategy. They highlight that a skills shortage and fragmented planning threaten the success of a $200 billion project pipeline.
Why it matters
Effective infrastructure planning is critical for national economic growth and long-term productivity.
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New Zealand’s most influential women in infrastructure share a common view: if the country wants stronger growth and higher productivity, it needs to stop treating infrastructure as a series of projects and start seeing it as a long-term nation-building strategy.
From airports and energy systems to housing, transport and digital networks, these leaders argue New Zealand’s biggest challenge is not how much it spends, but how well it plans, integrates and delivers.
The Herald’s Infrastructure Report talks with four women helping shape New Zealand’s infrastructure future.
To be a world-class infrastructure nation, New Zealand needs to “flip” its thinking about the objective of infrastructure, says Tracey Ryan, chief executive of design and engineering consultancy Aurecon New Zealand.
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