Budget
at a Glance

Infrastructure

Budget 2026 provides new funding to build or enable infrastructure that will lift productivity, resilience and living standards.

Budget at a Glance icon - Highway Capital investment of $1.8 billion to build the Cambridge to Piarere Expressway, a Road of National Significance. Budget at a Glance icon - Raodworks Capital investment of $400 million for a package of state highway resilience upgrades.
Budget at a Glance icon - Train $705 million capital and $477 million operating funding to renew and upgrade New Zealand's rail network. Budget at a Glance icon - Real estate growth $400 million to introduce a new financial incentive for councils to encourage housing growth.
Budget at a Glance icon - Flood risk $294 million to drive forward reforms to New Zealand's resource management system. Budget at a Glance icon - Hospital Investment in hospitals, schools, courthouses, police stations, and defence assets.
Budget at a Glance icon - Highway Capital investment of $1.8 billion to build the Cambridge to Piarere Expressway, a Road of National Significance.
Budget at a Glance icon - Raodworks Capital investment of $400 million for a package of state highway resilience upgrades.
Budget at a Glance icon - Train $705 million capital and $477 million operating funding to renew and upgrade New Zealand's rail network.
Budget at a Glance icon - Real estate growth $400 million to introduce a new financial incentive for councils to encourage housing growth.
Budget at a Glance icon - Flood risk $294 million to drive forward reforms to New Zealand's resource management system.
Budget at a Glance icon - Hospital Investment in hospitals, schools, courthouses, police stations, and defence assets.

New investment is on top of an existing pipeline of infrastructure spending, funded in previous Budgets or from government agencies' balance sheets. Around $60 billion is expected to be spent over the next four years.