After decades of underinvestment and short-term thinking, New Zealand’s first independent long-term infrastructure plan has landed — with something increasingly rare in Wellington: cross-party support , writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . The Infrastructure Commission’s National Infrastructure Plan, published in February and commissioned by the government in 2024, received its formal government response yesterday – and for once, parliament was broadly united in response, RNZ reported .